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Hysteria, Belief, and Magic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David C. Taylor
David C. Taylor*
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Jesson House (RMCH), 78 Manchester Road, Swinton, Manchester M27 1FG
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“We cannot command nature except by obeying her” (Bacon)

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 391 - 398
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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