The Oldie

Watch out, alcoholics and Mrs T

Sometimes – for example, when I try to find out the prevalence of Dupuytren’s contracture – I wonder whether Pontius Pilate wasn’t on to something when he asked what truth was.

A search into Dupuytren’s contracture – a thickening of tissues in the palm of the hand – gave me figures that ranged from a third of one per cent of the

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