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An Investigation into the Fragility and Solubility of the Red Blood-cells in Mental Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Margaret Scoresby-Jackson
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The objects of this investigation were to find out in what respect the resistance to hæmolysis of the red blood-corpuscles differs in mental disease from the normal, and to make a contribution towards the elucidation of pathological mental states and their relationship to pathological states of organs of the body other than the brain.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 73 , Issue 301 , April 1927 , pp. 257 - 265
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1927 

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