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- ↑ Emerson, Haven. "The Baker Memorial: A Study of the First Ten Years of a Unit for People of Moderate Means at the Massachusetts General Hospital". JAMA. 117 (26): 2293. doi:10.1001/jama.1941.02820520089045. hdl: 2027/uc1.b3843864 . Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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