Stories
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Lying low for lockdown and beyond
For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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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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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
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Paper on "Aspects of Clinical Research"; book review by Pappworth on Disorders of the Respiratory System by G. Cumming & S.J. Semple
Date: Mid to late 20th CenturyReference: PP/MHP/B.8Part of: Pappworth, Maurice- Books
Mixing of gases within the respiratory system with a new type of nitrogen meter : [excerpt] / J.C. Lilly.
Lilly, John Cunningham, 1915-2001.Date: 1976- Books
Studies on the mixing of gases within the respiratory system with a new type of nitrogen meter : [excerpt] / J.C. Lilly.
Lilly, John Cunningham, 1915-2001.Date: 1976- Books
Lectures on the nervous system and its diseases : [excerpts] / Marshall Hall.
Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.Date: 1976- Books
Blood as a physicochemical system / by Lawrence J. Henderson.
Henderson, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Joseph), 1878-1942Date: 1976