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The Right Chemistry: why gout shows up in the toes
Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, on the chemistry behind the painful condition known as gout and how it has been treated throughout history.
Joe Schwarcz PhD
| 18 Jan 2019
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