Stories
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The conditional child
Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
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The solidarity of sickness
Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.
Catalogue
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Milking machine: long pulse tubes
Royal Veterinary College- Digital Images
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Aurelia aurita the moon Jellyfish
Jennifer Stickney- Pictures
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A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
Naiveu, Matthijs, 1647-1721.Date: [1700?]Reference: 44718i- Pictures
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The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
Hess, David, 1770-1843.Date: [1797?]Reference: 532358i- Videos
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Circulatory control.
Date: 1927