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An <>UtStin<ftng txittplf"of~Aifierlean genius forprotlucing better things at a lovirercostfis to be found in the production miracle of the “miracle drugs.’* Once scarce penicillin, streptomycin, and auremycin are now being produced in everincreasing quantities . . . and at ever lower prices. Truly, this a tribute to the efficiency of American medicine and its allied sciences and services—an efficiency that contrasts brilliantly with the scarcities and high prices of “state-controlled” systems. t
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