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‘Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.’

Attrib. Aldous Huxley

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Hembrow, I. (2023). The Problems with Drugs. In: Ralph Edwards: RARE EVENTS. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14981-8_14

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