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I am sure Trisha Greenhalgh and her family are very hardy (and the
other campers, too), but surely postcards don't take that long to get from
Sussex to the BMJ? Especially when submitted by email!
Why should any reader of the BMJ be interested?
Dear Editor
If Dr. Greenhalgh wants to wallow in snobbery (?inverted) why should
any reader of the BMJ be interested?
She may wish to look up the meaning of "Equinox" too.
Yours faithfully
Dr BC Metcalfe
GP
Sheffield
1 Greenhalgh T. Postcard from Sussex BMJ 1999;318 p1707
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