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Last week I had a stupid accident whilst out hiking - one boot's laces caught in the lace hooks on the other boot - result was spectacular thump onto tarmac with bump to head, painful shoulder, and grazing. A visit to the Emergency Department for a CT scan (potential brain bleed) and shoulder...

I'm currently reading the above book and have found the sections on how the Heart Lung machine was developed fascinating. Early attempts, including using a live donor human as a sort of living heart lung machine, had very low success rates - but they ploughed on and ended up with a workable...