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This article brings together references to possible transsexuals in Europe and America over the past 200 years. Most of the references come not from the medical and psychiatric literature but from more ephemeral and nonindexed materials such as newspapers and magazines.
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Bullough, V.L. Transsexualism in history. Arch Sex Behav 4, 561–571 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542134
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