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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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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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St. Thomas' Hospital, London, England: exterior view showing scaffolding on the building and the River Thames in the foreground. Photograph by H. Windsley, 1972.
Windsley, H.Date: 1972Reference: 577196i
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Report on the effects of sewage contamination upon the River Thames / by William Odling.
Odling, William, 1829-1921.Date: 1858
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Reprint of report of the committee appointed to take into consideration Mr. Martin's plan for rescuing the River Thames from every species of pollution.
Date: 1836- Books
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The glory of old England.
Date: 1739-40- Books
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Great-Britain's coasting pilot: In two parts. Being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland, from the River of Thames to the Westward and Northward; with the islands of Scilly, and from thence to Carlisle: likewise the islands of Orkney and Shetland, describing all the harbours, rivers, bays, roads, rocks, sands, buoys, beacons, sea-marks depths of water, latitude, bearings and distances from place to place; the setting and flowing of the tides; with directions for the knowing of any place, and how to harbour a ship in the same with safety. With directions for coming into the channel between England and France. By Captain Greenvile Collins; hydrographer in ordinary to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
Collins, Greenvile, active 1669-1698.Date: M,DCC,LXVII. [1767]