title: Lethal Remedy (Prescription for Trouble, Book 4)
author:  Richard L.Mabry 
description: Richard L. Mabry, M.D. is a retired physician who writes medical suspense with heart. His novels have won multiple awards. He and his wife live in Central Texas. You can follow Richard online at RMabry.com, as well as on Twitter (@RichardMabry), and Facebook at RMabryBooks.<br />
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  ### A Novel by
  
  
  ## Greg Egan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Part One
  
  
  
  
  
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  "All right. He’s dead. Go ahead and talk to him."
  
  
  
  
  
  The bioethicist was a laconic young asex with blond dreadlocks and a T-shirt
  which flashed up the slogan SAY NO TO TOE! in between the paid advertising. Ve
  countersigned the permission form on the forensic pathologist’s notepad, then
  withdrew to a corner of the room. The trauma specialist and the paramedic
  wheeled their resuscitation equipment out of the way, and the forensic
  pathologist hurried forward, hypodermic syringe in hand, to administer the
  first dose of neuropreservative. Useless prior to legal death-massively toxic
  to several organs, on a time scale of hours-the cocktail ofglutamate
  antagonists, calcium channel blockers, and antioxidants would halt the most
  damaging biochemical changes in the