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Manuel Campinas is a medical anthropology author with a pharmaceutical background who has conducted research in Siberia and Southwest China. He settled back home by the ocean with his avid reader wife, two dogs, and two cats. He enjoys fiction, particularly hunting for satire and dark humour in the most unlikely places.

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Asian Medical Industries: Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Pharmaceuticals (Needham Research Institute Series)
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