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Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management of physical complications by NICE by 
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Codex 0 2026-10-31Chemical fact sheet; “How it works” and “Signs and symptoms”.
Strychnine: Biotoxin by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31Clinical case discussion; questions 1–3 explain glycine receptor action and comparison with tetanus.
Carbon monoxide poisoning basics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31Official account of sources, symptoms and the odourless character of carbon monoxide.
Hydrogen sulfide by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31 On a New and Ready Mode of Producing Local Anæsthesia by Benjamin Ward Richardson by Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31August 1866 republication of Benjamin Ward Richardson's account. The introductory editorial note says an extract had appeared in the May issue. Apparatus details were inspected in indexed original text; its historical account of sensation is not adopted as current neuroscience.
Composition and antidiarrhoeal mechanism.
Warnings, precautions and adverse effects.
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society report abstract, Edinburgh Medical Journal 10, pp. 185–192. Physiological effects, administration and surgical contraindications. Contemporary report of the committee position: Medical Circular, 13 July 1864, p. 27, upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Medical_Circular_%28IA_medicalcircular23londuoft%29.pdf . Its safety judgements are historical, not current anaesthesia guidance.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses by William Withering by Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31William Withering; title page and dated Preface establish the edition. Preface and Effects, Rules, and Cautions give the clinical method and toxicity observations. Historical evidence, not a current dosing guide.
The Effect of Digoxin on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Heart Failure by the Digitalis Investigation Group by Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31New England Journal of Medicine 336, pp. 525–533. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial; main-trial mortality and hospitalization outcomes. The population and background therapy limit extrapolation.
Health Effects of Mercury Exposure, Elemental Mercury: little absorption on swallowing liquid metal compared with ready absorption of vapour. The contrast is relevant to interpreting historical treatment and does not validate it.
What to Do If You Think Someone Is Overdosing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31 Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source. We have two killer features:
- topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculusArticles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.
Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.
Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. 
- Infinitely deep tables of contents:
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
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