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IN exploring a fresh field of knowledge in any subject, the pioneers have all the fun of the game. They devise their own methods and rules for investigation and try them out experimentally. It is necessary at length, when results have been achieved, to hand on the torch to others, and eventually an educational system, with professorial chairs, lecturers, text-books, demonstrations and the whole gamut of didactic instruction makes its appearance.
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MACNALTY, A. Education in Preventive Medicine. Nature 154, 74–76 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154074a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154074a0