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(introduction...)

- revised edition -

by
David Werner
with
Carol Thuman and Jane Maxwell

Figure

with drawings by David Werner

© Copyright The Hesperian Foundation, 1919 Addison Street, Suite 304,
Berkeley, California 94704, USA

First English edition 1977, revised from the Spanish Donde No Hay Doctor. Second, slightly revised printing March 1978. Third, slightly revised printing September 1978.

First English international edition published 1979; reprinted with slight
revision 1980
Reprinted 20 times
This revised English edition published 1993

Published by
MACMILLAN EDUCATION LTD
London and Oxford
Companies and representatives throughout the world

ISBN 0-333-51651-6 (Pbk)

This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Printed in Malaysia

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Cover photograph courtesy of Dr John Hubley

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