Stories
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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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Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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Occasional papers on University matters and middle class education : together with full information as to the local examinations and recent University changes.
University of Cambridge.Date: 1858-1859- Books
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The lancet. [Nos 316-317].
Date: 1828- Archives and manuscripts
University College Hospital Medical School
Date: Sep 1956 - Oct 1956Reference: PENROSE/2/40/6/43Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
May Thorne, 'The London School of Medicine for Women', ms, with correspondence with Miss Rew of the MWF, May 1948
Date: 1948Reference: SA/MWF/C.9/10Part of: Medical Women's Federation- Books
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The Birmingham School of Medicine / by B.C.A. Windle and W. Hillhouse.
Windle Bertram C. A. (Bertram Coghill Alan), 1858-1929.Date: 1890