A Psychiatrist Looks at Tuberculosis
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Wittkower, M.D. With an Introduction by John Rickman, M.D. National Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis, Tavistock House North, W.C.I. 12s. 6d. Dr. Eric Wittkower is known throughout the world as an expert research psychiatrist in the psychosomatic field. The puzzling variety of reactions of the human body to the invasion of tuberculosis is made more clear by this study. The findings of 2\ years investigation show that by assessment of the previous personality of the patient,
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