Stories
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India
Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.
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Investigations concerning bovine tuberculosis : with special reference to diagnosis and prevention / conducted under the direction of D.E. Salmon.
Date: 1894- Journals
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Bulletin / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry.
Date: [1893-[1914]- Books
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A revision of the adult cestodes of cattle, sheep and allied animals ... / by C.W. Stiles ... and Albert Hassall.
Stiles, Charles Wardell, 1867-1941.Date: 1893- Books
A biometrical study of egg production in the domestic fowl. 3, Variation and correlation in the physical characters of the egg / by Raymond Pearl, Ph.D., biologist, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Frank M. Surface, Ph.D., biologist, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.
Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940Date: 1914- Books
The dissemination of disease by dairy products, and methods for prevention.
Date: 1910