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Philbin's interests ranged beyond science, taking a strong interest in the treatment of those with learning difficulties, leading her to take up the chair of the
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Donnelly, Dorothy; Geoghegan, Rosalie; O'Brien, Conor; Philbin, Eva; Wheeler, T. S. (November 1965). "Synthesis of
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