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BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1402 (Published 08 December 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:1402
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
Thomas Szasz (b 1920), Hungarian born psychiatrist, in The Second Sin, 1973
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