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meaning surgery was required in an attempt to repair and correct the damage. Following the large number of surgeries left Strang with a deep understanding of doctor patient divide and following months of convalescence enabled him to read widely.
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Neonatal respiration: physiological and clinical studies, Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1977, which focused on pulmonary vasculature in the perinatal period.
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