Sound mind, or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect / by John Haslam.

Date:
1819
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Credit: Sound mind, or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect / by John Haslam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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