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Searching the seat of the soul in Ancient Greek and Byzantine medical literature

Eleftherios LykourasSecond Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
, MD, PhD,
Effie Poulakou-RebelakouDepartment of History of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
, MD, PhD &
Demetrios N. PloumpidisFirst Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistiran University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece.
, MD
Pages 619-626 | Received 25 May 2010, Accepted 10 Sep 2010, Published online: 23 May 2017

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