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The Clinical Practice of Mental Deficiency

The Blake Marsh Lecture for 1968, delivered before the Royal Medico-Psychological Association, 6 February, 1968

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alexander Shapiro*
Affiliation:
Harperbury Hospital, Shenley, St. Albans, Herts

Extract

The main reason why I have dared to accept our Council's invitation to deliver this lecture is that it gives me the opportunity to pay tribute to Dr. Blake Marsh with whom I had the privilege of working in the Mental Deficiency Section of the Association.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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