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By Hal Hellman. 237 pp. New York, John Wiley, 2001. $24.95. ISBN 0-471-34757-4.

Inundated by medical journals, surrounded by news media with health and science reporters, bombarded with invitations to conferences, and ensnared in the World Wide Web, physicians and the public have come to expect medical discoveries and breakthroughs to appear constantly and to be incorporated instantly into clinical practice or further research. Hal Hellman, a writer of popular science, has provided a valuable service in his new book, Great Feuds in Medicine, revealing how difficult it can be to create and disseminate innovative medical information. Hellman has assembled 10 chapters in medical history, a series of contentious cases with "some special . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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