Exploitation of the Insane in the New World: Benoni Buck, the First Reported Case of Mental Retardation in the American Colonies

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 481-483

  Neugebauer, Richard ^a  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ENGLAND; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 17TH CENT.; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NORTH AMERICA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0023238581     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800170105013     Document Type: Article

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