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Insanity and genius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. G. Kinnell
H. G. Kinnell*
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Botleys Park Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey
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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 7 , Issue 10 , October 1983 , pp. 188 - 189
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