The physiology of hypochondria in eighteenth-century Britain

Cultures of the Abdomen: Diet, Digestion, and Fat in the Modern World

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 15-30

  Jonsson, Fredrik Albritton ^a  

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403981387     Document Type: Chapter

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