Observations on madness and melancholy : including practical remarks on those diseases ; together with cases: and an account of the morbid appearances on dissection / by John Haslam.

  • Haslam, John, 1764-1844.
Date:
1809
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Credit: Observations on madness and melancholy : including practical remarks on those diseases ; together with cases: and an account of the morbid appearances on dissection / by John Haslam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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