[One hundred years before: "the man with a hammer"]

Thierry Lefebvre1

  • 1UFR de Biologie (CCI), Université Paris VII-Denis Diderot, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05.

Revue D'Histoire De La Pharmacie
|December 13, 2006
PubMed
Summary

This study examines the fragmented "Poudres de Cock" and their "man with a hammer" adventist claim. It highlights the disjointed nature of their presentation and associated assertions.

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