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Miriam Lee

1926 – 2009

Her arrest and trial in California led directly to acupuncture's legalisation in the state.

United States·Traditional Chinese Medicine

Ted Kaptchuk

b. 1947

Wrote The Web That Has No Weaver, then founded Harvard's programme in placebo studies.

United States·Traditional Chinese Medicine · Medicine

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