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Miraa and myrrh in East africa—clinical notes aboutCatha edulis

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    Edward L. Margetts (Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer in the History of Medicine)

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Margetts, E.L. Miraa and myrrh in East africa—clinical notes aboutCatha edulis . Econ Bot 21, 358–362 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02863161

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