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Professor emeritus of Science Journalism Boston University. Author of books and articles about science and its role in the human experience.
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The Operating Room Where Anesthesia Was First Demonstrated Is Now a Landmark. But for the Men Who Claimed Credit, There Was Much Misery

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By Douglas Starr
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
Medical procedures used to be a scream-filled endurance test until doctors at this Boston institution learned to tame the pain of patients The most important demonstration in medical history was about to begin. The date: October 16, 1846. The setting: the operating room at the top of Massachusetts General Hospital, a dome-topped amphitheater built to both capture the sunlight and isolate the screams of surgical patients.
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The Nation’s Biggest Animal Sanctuary Operates Under a Mantra to ‘Save Them All.’ How Could That Be Controversial?

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By Douglas Starr
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
Best Friends Animal Society has a sprawling campus in the canyons of Utah, but its influence has grown to reach almost every shelter in the country In 1982 a balding, bearded guy named Francis Battista drove through a canyon outside of Kanab, Utah, in a battered blue hatchback. He gazed up at the majestic red walls rising from the lowlands of junipers and pines. “It’s magical!” he thought. Lowering his eyes, he saw a locked gate with a sign: $3 for a tour map. He paid the woman nearby.
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Secession speeches of four Deep South governors who would rather fight than switch

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By Douglas Starr
| Dialnet - Universidad de La Rioja
Secession speeches of four Deep South governors who would rather fight than switch [1] Florida State University Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 38, nº 2, 1972, págs. 131-141 Idioma: inglés Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...) Resumen After Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860, the five Deep South governors wanted to get out of the Union, partly to protect their states’ slave‐holding status.
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