“Abatement is the aim of medicine… even the concept of causation can, on occasions, be dispensed with in considering abatement strategies.” Dr J. H. Renwick of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine urges the need for more emphasis on preventative thinking in framing hypotheses in medical science.
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Renwick, J. Analysis of Cause—Long Cut to Prevention?. Nature 246, 114–115 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246114a0
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