Colitis and Contraception

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"Nothing can never be a cause" wrote David Hume as he examined the human conviction that events must have responsible antecedents. To modern man with a bellyache, pain in the head or tightness in the chest, the conviction has become a therapeutic necessity. He is enough of an empiricist to believe that the symptom must be the consequence of something, but emotional need for reassurance rather than the scientific method guides his identification of the cause. "It must have been something I ate." Relatively safe and ever handy, it is an explanation that provides a wide selection not only of . . .

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