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Vol. 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention—Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin. By Joseph Needham. Pp. xxxv + 481: plates 462–476. (Cambridge University: Cambridge and London, May 1976.) £16.
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Greenaway, F. Cinnabar elixirs to insulin. Nature 264, 300 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264300a0
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