Images of Idiocy in Puritan New England

Mental Retardation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-151

  Wickham, Parnel ^a  

^a DOWLING COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEW ENGLAND; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 0035318437     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2001)039<0147:IOIIPN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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