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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016John Snow's theory of ricketsShow More
Dear Editor
In Archives of Diseases in Children, 89(2):147, archivists [1] (I would love to know who it is) makes a comment on John Snow’s theory of rickets.
Unfortunately he, and those who may have written commentaries on this, are quite wrong in saying that alum is potassium aluminium phosphate. It is quite clear from various books on chemistry and the Encyclopaedia Britannica – copy enclosed – alum is t...
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