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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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  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • Guy's Hospital gazette. Special number, In commemoration of the bicentenary of the hospital & the centenary of the medical school, 1725-1925 / editor: Leslie George Housden ; sub-editor: Gordon Gould Cameron.
  • Guy's Hospital gazette. Special number, In commemoration of the bicentenary of the hospital & the centenary of the medical school, 1725-1925 / editor: Leslie George Housden ; sub-editor: Gordon Gould Cameron.
  • La facultad de medicina y sus escuelas / por Eliseo Cantón.
  • Historical account of Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School (University of London) : original plan and statutes, rise and progress; founded 1818; with which is included some account of the origin of the other hospitals and schools in London / [William Hunter].
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