Book Review: Religion—Its Prophets and False Prophets
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False prophets. Fraud and error in science and medicine
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عنوان ژورنال: Review & Expositor
سال: 1918
ISSN: 0034-6373,2052-9449
DOI: 10.1177/003463731801500312