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Historical melancholia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

William A. Frosch*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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