Q J Med 2002; 95: 837-838
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Those who have not assembled a piece of previously flat-packed furniture are readily distinguished from the rest of the population at autopsy by the absence of scars on the pulp of the fingers. The curse of Ikea (a company founded by a now abstemious and reclusive Swedeare you surprised?) has fallen on many of us over the years and can be exorcized in places such as California by a fearless group of furniture assemblers who accept payment for risking their digits.
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