Understanding Mental Disturbance in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spain: Medical Approaches
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of Spanish Studies
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1475-3820,1478-3428
DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2010.530837