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Previous editions copyright 2004, 1997, 1993, 1989, by Leonard G. Gomella. Copyright 1986 by Leonard G. Gomella, G. Richard Braen, and Michael Olding. Copyright 1983 by Capistrano Press, Ltd., Garden Grove, California. Previously published as So You Want to Be a Scut Monkey: Medical Student's and House Officer's Clinical Handbook, copyright 1981, 1980, 1979, by Leonard G. Gomella and Michael J. Olding.
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