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On numbers
In writing the history of nephrology, as in most histories of science, numbers are strong signals, are precise, never emphatic, do not lie, and express our rational soul. Numbers have a ”heart and a soul” and “allow us to answer the question who are we?, they are what allows us to make ourselves identified” [1].

[1]Napoletano R. L’altra Domenica I Radio 24. Il sole 24ore.21/11/2015, p.23, col.1-2