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Historical note
Cruveilhier and acoustic neuroma
  1. J M S Pearce
  1. 304 Beverley Road, Anlaby, Hull HU10 7BG; jmspearce@freenet.co.uk

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1015

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      In the Medical Transactions of the Royal College of Physicians, London, forerunner of the JRCP, Mark Akenside (1721–70), gave a recognisable account …

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