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Abse, Dannie
British pulmonary physician and poet. Abse was born in 1923 in Cardiff, Wales to a Jewish family. He studied medicine first in Wales and then at King's College, London. He published his first collection of poetry in 1948 and qualified as a…
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- ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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- Urethroscope A device for examining the inside of the urethra
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