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- Emma M. Whitham, MBBS, BSc(Hons), PhD
- From Flinders Medical Centre; Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia.
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We are delighted that our article generated so much interest, and we are happy to address questions raised in correspondence. In-depth coverage will appear in our forthcoming book. Given the necessary brevity of our article, we were unable to include every theory behind the serpent and staff motif.
Regarding the guinea worm theory proposed by Müller (1), this attractive piece …
