pacemakers
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The Amazing Story Of The Woman Who Had To Be Upside Down To Stay Alive
Discover Magazine has an amazing story about how a woman needed to be carried upside down in order to stay alive. It sounds crazy, but it’s real. The reason she had to be held upside down was because her pacemaker had disconnected from her heart.
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Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Artificial Pacemaker
To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Dr Mark C Lidwill, who alongside physicist Edgar H Booth created the world’s first artificial pacemaker.