Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humour?
— Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (II.iii.260)
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I am grateful to the Medical Illustration Unit of the Prince of Wales Hospital for preparation of these figures and for their constant support of our work over the years.