Sound Medicine 01-02-11

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Published January 2, 2011 at 12:00 AM EST

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Stories in medical history this week: the eradication of smallpox; the Epidemic Intelligence Agency; 19th century surgeon William Stewart Halsted; 19th century novelist Upton Sinclair on healthcare reform; and the dark story of CIA brainwashing: MKULTRA.

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