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Medical negligence in nineteenth-century Germany 19世纪德国的医疗过失

Progress and pathology Pub Date : 2020-01-31 DOI: 10.7765/9781526147547.00009

Torsten Riotte

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Progress and pathology Pub Date : 2020-01-31 DOI: 10.7765/9781526147547.00024

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Progress and pathology Pub Date : 2020-01-31 DOI: 10.7765/9781526147547.00001

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Progress and pathology Pub Date : 2020-01-31 DOI: 10.7765/9781526147547.00003

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The curse and the gift of modernity in late nineteenth-century suicide discourse in Finland 19世纪晚期芬兰自杀话语中的现代性诅咒与礼物

Progress and pathology Pub Date : 2020-01-31 DOI: 10.7765/9781526147547.00016

M. Myllykangas

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