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> [We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is limited to this class and never occurs in the average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-duncan-silkworth/we-believe-and-so-suggested-a-few-years-ago-that-the-action-of/)

[William Duncan Silkworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-duncan-silkworth/)

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