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Observations on the nature, causes, and cure of those disorders which have been commonly called nervous hypochondriac, or hysteric, to which are prefixed some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves.

London: T. Becket and P. Du Hondt & Edinburgh: J. Balfour, 1765.

“First important English work on neurology after Willis” (Garrison).

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Entry Number#4841
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External URLobservations-on-the-nature-causes-and-cure-of-those-disorders-which-have-been-commonly-called-nervous-hypochondriac-or-hysteric-to-which-are-prefixed-some-remarks-on-the-sympathy-of-the-nerves

Geographic Context

Publication places: London; Edinburgh