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The Grass Below, Above, The Vaulted Sky

Caroline Moorehead N ATURE C URE by Richard Mabey Chatto, £15.99, pp. 231, ISBN 0701176016 ✆ £13.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 I t was soon after he finished work on Flora......

The Cutting Edge Of Medicine

Jane Ridley T HE K NIFE M AN by Wendy Moore Bantam, £18.99, pp. 482, ISBN 0593052099 ✆ £16.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 I n 1767, John Hunter, a 39-year-old surgeon,......