Let’s play a game that combines two of everyone’s favorite things: health insurance and vocabulary tests. Ready? Here we go. A formulary is: a) The document that your insurance company needs in order ...

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Wonder and observation propelled not only Sacks’s writing but also his doctoring. He wanted to chronicle even when he couldn’t cure.