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Letter: All you can pump

Published 6 February 2013

From Gregory Sams

One can only imagine the horror of any all-you-can-eat-restaurant owner when the first customer arrives sporting the new weight-loss device consisting of a through-the-abdomen, surgically fitted stomach pump, recently patented by Aspire Bariatrics (12 January, p 19).

London, UK

Issue no. 2903 published 9 February 2013

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