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... therapeutic agent . 122 Besides opium , the only substances of wide application which would have passed tests for safety and effectiveness were smallpox vaccine , quinine for malaria , and ipecac for dysentery . After 1899 the flood of ...
... therapeutic agent . 122 Besides opium , the only substances of wide application which would have passed tests for safety and effectiveness were smallpox vaccine , quinine for malaria , and ipecac for dysentery . After 1899 the flood of ...
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... therapeutic characteristics . Lifelong health education , counseling , testing , and maintenance are built right into factory and office routine . Therapeutic dependencies per- meate and color productive relations . Homo sapiens , who ...
... therapeutic characteristics . Lifelong health education , counseling , testing , and maintenance are built right into factory and office routine . Therapeutic dependencies per- meate and color productive relations . Homo sapiens , who ...
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... therapeutic aids ) , 65-8 ; as role and status classifiers , 76-92 , 249 ; self - regulation , failure of , 66-7 ; and terminally ill ( see also dying and death ) , 98–107 , 116 ; unionization , 61 drug addiction and abuse , 69 n . , 70 ...
... therapeutic aids ) , 65-8 ; as role and status classifiers , 76-92 , 249 ; self - regulation , failure of , 66-7 ; and terminally ill ( see also dying and death ) , 98–107 , 116 ; unionization , 61 drug addiction and abuse , 69 n . , 70 ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
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