Outside, in the back yard, one of the dogs began to bark.

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As far back as the fifth century BC Hippocrates used a bitter powder obtained from willow bark to ease aches and pains and reduce fever.

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This week we go back to one of my favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, The dog that didn't bark.

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