Science in a health service

At times success carries its own particular perils. Over 100 years ago, Thomas Huxley anticipated a day when the sciences of physiology and pharmacology would provide a “magic torpedo” to be directed at a specific target in the war against disease, leaving the rest of the processes of normal physiology intact. 1 Huxley TH The connection of the biological sciences with medicine. in: Science and culture and other essays. Macmillan and Co,...