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Editorial
. 2021 Jul;56(7):1487-1489.
doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-01209-2. Epub 2021 Jan 8.

Serendipity in medicine and wine

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Editorial

Serendipity in medicine and wine

Shaun R McCann. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Jul.
No abstract available

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Marcus Aurelius Antonius.
Roman Emperor. 121–180 B.C. Creative commons attribution-share alike 3.0 Unported license. Pierre-Selim. L’Image et le Pouvoir: le siècle des Antonis, Musée Saint-Raymond. He enjoyed a glass of wine.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Alexander Fleming.
Fleming discovered lysozyme in 1922 and penicillin in 1929.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3. The Marquis de St Évrement.
He was a French man who made champagne a popular drink in London in the late 17th century. I presume the swelling on his forehead is a benign lipoma.

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