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The history of medicine traditionally concentrates on the achievements of its distinguished practitioners. Often it traces the progress of medical concepts in the changing contexts of prevailing ideas. Alternatively it recounts the development of diagnostic or therapeutic methods and operative procedures. There are, however, only few histories of behavioral disorders. There is no clear model to follow.
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Wilbush, J. (1986). The climacteric syndrome: historical perspectives. In: Notelovitz, M., van Keep, P. (eds) The Climacteric in Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4145-8_12
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