Soviet medicine and psychiatry papers, [1940-1960]

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Soviet medicine and psychiatry papers, [1940-1960]

Includes: correspondence, notes; summaries in English of medical studies published in Russian; reports, statistics concerning the American Soviet Medical Society Library. Also included are ms. notes and drafts by Dr. Wortis on Soviet psychiatry.

3.0 linear feet.

eng,

rus,

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New York Academy of Medicine

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Heiman, Jacob.

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American-Soviet Medical Society.

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