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==Popular science==
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|author=Druin Burch
|title=Taking the Medicine
|rating=5
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=In 1898, Burch points out that a new drug was developed and marketed for the treatment of tuberculosis by Bayer & Co. TB is such an ancient enemy of man that there is apparently evidence of an earlier strain to be found in Egyptian mummies. The German firm had discovered a chemical that seemed to work well, and patients and indeed their own staff, who were tested seemed to respond well - it was named Heroin - and its addictive effects were at first missed.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1845951506</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Roger Scruton
