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            TO               J--ile                                                            DATE:      3 1,'cbrtt,-rlr 11053
            SUBJECT:       2  Lysergic    Acid. (LC-D)
                                                      Acid   i7, i
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                             nental Ptid phyiical di:;orders,  and in cert,ain fom-s ca!i prodkicc cip-atli.
                             !@:r-ot, ho""Cvcrl    lias    very     valuat)lc                                               in
                             conncct,j-on          'Ur(--.-ttricnt of -2,;otacn @-,e.Ecre ind after (-Iiildl)ir@ii and in
                             ctiring certain types of r@iigraine lie.-td@iclics.
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                             stand@,n,,: as7,ij@'ants,  ,iiid                   a pi-ot(-,f-,c of Dr. floffman's, is.
                             L)i-.  'Ludolph Dirchcr also a Swiss @lationa-i.
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