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Med Hist. 2003 January; 47(1): 23–46.
PMCID: PMC1044763
"Russian nervousness": neurasthenia and national identity in nineteenth-century Russia.
Laura Goering
Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA. lgoering@carleton.edu
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