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Hysteria: The History of a Disease: Ilza Veith

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. Merskey
H. Merskey*
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario and London Psychiatric Hospital, 850 Highbury Avenue, PO Box 2532, Terminal ‘A’, London, Ontario N6A 4H1, Canada
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 5 , November 1985 , pp. 576 - 579
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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