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Research & Documentation Black & White SoundAugust 2, 2013January 6, 2020

Modernizing the Tropics, Making a New Nation with Public Health

By Michael Sappol, PhD

Filariasis, a parasitic disease typically found in tropical areas, is caused by microscopic thread-like nematodes (roundworms; also known as filariae).

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A city scene of a greenspace before a large building and a pavillion. It Takes Your Breath Away
Angela Saward of the Wellcome Collection, London, UK, discusses the fight against air pollution in Britain as presented in It Takes Your Breath Away. The 1956 Clean Air Act was implemented in the UK after the “Great Smog” of 1952, which had a devastating impact on the health of vulnerable people. This catastrophic environmental event led to the deaths of at least 4,000 people immediately, and another 8,000 in the weeks and months afterwards. Produced by Dr. Mary Catterall, It Takes Your Breath Away is illustrative of the activism possible in the medical community when professional and personal interests work in unison.

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A painted illustration of a human brain seen from the side. The Human Brain: A Dynamic View of its Structures and Organization (c1976)
 Using a technique called cinemorphology, in which a brain is first embedded in plastic, then placed on a microtome that slices off sections as thin as 25 microns, this presentation colorfully illustrates the organic structure of the human brain.

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