Breathing by Hand · Timeline

Year and title of each chapter of “Breathing by Hand”.

ChapterYearTitle
11952The City and the Hospital
21952The First Paralysed Breath
31952A Theory of Poisoned Air
41952The Machine and the Man
51952The Girl on the Table
61952The Call to the Schools
71952The First Bag of Air
81952The Assembly of Hands
91952A Ward of Rubber and Glass
101952The Rhythm of the Bags
111952The Numbers in the Syringe
121952The Authority of Breath
131952The Anatomy of Exhaustion
141952The Limits of the Line
151952The Silence of the Virus
161952The Price of a Life
171952The Invention of the Chart
181952The Battle for the Bladder
191953The Geometry of the Ward
201953The Calculus of Survival
211953The Last New Patient
221953The Dispersal of the Army
231953The Machinery of Normalcy
241953The Ledger of the Saved
251954The Commission of Inquiry
261955The Architecture of Necessity
271955The Reckoning of Hands
281965The First Intensive Care Unit