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Psychosurgery: Yesterday and Today

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. K. Bridges  and
J. R. Bartlett
P. K. Bridges
Affiliation:
Geoffrey Knight Psychosurgical Unit, South East Thames Regional Neurosurgical Centre, Brook General Hospital, Shooters Hill Road, London SE18 4LW
J. R. Bartlett
Affiliation:
Geoffrey Knight Psychosurgical Unit, South East Thames Regional Neurosurgical Centre, Brook General Hospital, Shooters Hill Road, London SE18 4LW
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 131 , Issue 3 , September 1977 , pp. 249 - 260
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1977 

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