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Luís Morquio (1867 - 1935) 340

Luís Morquio

Luís Morquio (1867 - 1935) was a Uruguayan paediatrician. Eponym: Morquio syndrome (1929) Severe form of skeletal dysplasia

Mapleson Breathing Circuits 680

Mapleson Circuit

The Mapleson Circuit Systems are used for the delivery of oxygen and anaesthetic agents and the removal of carbon dioxide during general anaesthesia. There are five Mapleson circuits: A, B, C, D and E (F was added later by Wills et al)

William Mapleson

William Wellesley Mapleson (1926 – 2018) was an English physicist of anaesthesia. Classified of the five ‘Mapleson breathing circuits’ in 1954

SMACC 2019 blue science innovation 340

Virtual Healthcare

High quality Virtual Reality (VR) gaming is not a thing of the (dystopian) future; the technology is here and showing promising therapeutic benefits for patients.