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Marcus Walter Schwalbe

Born  1883
Died  

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German physician, born 1883.

Biography of Marcus Walter Schwalbe

Bibliography

  • Eine eigentümliche tonische Krampfform mit hysterischen Symptomen.
    Inaugural dissertation, Berlin, 1908. 36 pages.

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