Malaria fever therapy for general paralysis of the insane in denmark

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-486

  Kragh, Jesper Vaczy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

19th century; 20th century; Denmark; general paralysis of the insane; Julius Wagner Jauregg; malaria fever therapy; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650112454     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: 17402360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X09338085     Document Type: Article

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