The discovery and use of medicines is just as fascinating a human scientific endeavor as space flight or the tracing of human evolution. It is also the everyday

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"Proceedings of the symposium held at the University of Szeged to celebrate the 110th birthday of Professor Albert Szent-Gy'orgyi."