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You start with the things that currently plague you, and then you keep on reading, happily passing entire afternoons absorbed in the odd and revolting things our bodies serve up...If laughter is the best medicine, a dose of Lawton ought to cure most of this stuff.' Mary Roach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the many strange effects of the 2020 pandemic has been to make us much more vigilant about the state of our health in general and about minor symptoms in particular. And this, in turn, has made us more conscious that we all feel \u003ci\u003eslightly\u003c\/i\u003e out of sorts a great deal of the time; maybe even every day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e about what happens when we're ill with something sufficiently serious to send us to the doctor or confine us to bed. 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