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Notes
Figueredo, Vincent M.. "Notes". The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific Journey, New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 2023, pp. 257-272. https://doi.org/10.7312/figu20818-043
Figueredo, V. (2023). Notes. In The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific Journey (pp. 257-272). New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/figu20818-043
Figueredo, V. 2023. Notes. The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific Journey. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, pp. 257-272. https://doi.org/10.7312/figu20818-043
Figueredo, Vincent M.. "Notes" In The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific Journey, 257-272. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.7312/figu20818-043
Figueredo V. Notes. In: The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific Journey. New York Chichester, West
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Author Correction: The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers
Stefan C Dentro, Ignaty Leshchiner, Moritz Gerstung, Clemency Jolly, Kerstin Haase, Maxime Tarabichi, Jeff Wintersinger, Amit G Deshwar, Kaixian Yu, Santiago Gonzalez, Yulia Rubanova, Geoff Macintyre, David J Adams, Pavana Anur, Rameen Beroukhim, Paul C Boutros, David D Bowtell, Peter J Campbell, Shaolong Cao, Elizabeth L Christie, Marek Cmero, Yupeng Cun, Kevin J Dawson, Jonas Demeulemeester, Nilgun Donmez, Ruben M Drews, Roland Eils, Yu Fan, Matthew Fittall, Dale W Garsed, Gad Getz, Gavin Ha, Marcin Imielinski, Lara Jerman, Yuan Ji, Kortine Kleinheinz, Juhee Lee, Henry Lee-Six, Dimitri G Livitz, Salem Malikic, Florian Markowetz, Inigo Martincorena, Thomas J Mitchell, Ville Mustonen, Layla Oesper,
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Did you know that face masks were first popularised in China by a Malaysian doctor?
Face masks play an important role in the “new normal” that we find ourselves in, with authorities still advising the use of face masks in public to help curb the spread of COVID-19. However, how many of you knew that the use of face masks for the public as a way to combat epidemics was first introduced in China by a Malaysian-Chinese doctor?
In the early 1900s, China was battling a pneumonic plague—the Manchurian Plague—that reportedly claimed 60,000 lives in northeast China. Wu Lien-teh, a Malaysian-Chinese doctor from Penang, was sent over to help with the efforts against the plague, along with other medical experts. In time, Wu funnen that the plague was a pneumonic plague that could spread via droplets in the air.
Consequently, Wu implemented several measures that should now be familiar to us in 2020. The use of quarantine centres is one, although Wu also introduced