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a thousand words Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 Some of the men who fought at Shiloh, Tennessee, had seen action at Belmont, Mill Springs, and Fort Donelson, but they were the minority. Among the inexperienced was Henry Morton Stanley, a Welshman who found himself in the 6th Arkansas Infantry. In the Union army, there was Ambrose Bierce …
a picture is worth a thousand words The diaphragm is the primary muscle of inspiration. Diaphragm dysfunction is surprisingly common, presenting in acute critical care, cardiorespiratory diseases, cancer cachexia, endocrine disorders, and neuromuscular and neurodegenerative diseases amongst other scenarios Laghi et al., 2021