The authors are grateful to Renaud Colson for comprehensive review and
constructive criticism, to Laury Renard, Willem Scholten, Gilles Forte, and
Christopher Hallam for helpful references, and to Shomi Malik for
proofreading. This study would never have been possible without the
assistance and guidance from Jacques Oberson, Lee Robertson (LoN
archives), Reynald Erardt, and Thomas Allen (WHO Library). The authors
declare no conflict of interest; research was conducted in total
independence thanks to support received on
patreon.com/teluobir and from
the non-profits FAAAT think & do tank and DRCNet Foundations.