Stories
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Adapting to life as a thalidomide survivor
Growing up as a thalidomide survivor meant coping with all the usual challenges of childhood and adolescence, while having to fit into a world designed for the able-bodied.
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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One view of human life taken, and reconciled by a prospect of heaven; Together with an Attempt towards the Right Direction of our Conduct for the Attainment of that Certain, Glorious, and Happy State. By Hugh Ferguson.
Ferguson, Hugh, clergyman.Date: [1743?]- Books
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A system of personal biologic examinations the condition of adequate medical and scientific conduct of life / George M. Gould.
Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.Date: [1900]- Pictures
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Queen Victoria is pinning a medal on to the uniform of a man standing in a line of soldiers. Wood engraving.
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The soldier's faithful friend: being moral and religious advice to soldiers: with an historical abridgment of the events of the last war. To which are prefixed, reflections on the defection of the colonists. By Jonas Hanway, Esq;
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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The soldier's faithful friend; being prudential, moral, and religious advice to private men in the army and militia. By J. H. Esq;
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]