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Name: Medical heroes and heretics
Author: Wayne Martin

📘 Medical heroes and heretics by Wayne Martin

An account of the history of medical giants whose cancer-related discoveries met with inevitable rejection by the establishment. Includes Max Gerson, John Beard, William Kelley, William Coley, Ernst Krebs, and Otto Warburg.

First publish date: 1977

Authors: Wayne Martin

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