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Puer Helvetius magnus: precocious puberty documented in Conrad Gessner’s “Historia naturalis facultatis in puero mirabilis” (1555)

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Janssen, D.F. Puer Helvetius magnus: precocious puberty documented in Conrad Gessner’s “Historia naturalis facultatis in puero mirabilis” (1555). Hormones 21, 181–183 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42000-021-00321-2

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