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At the heart of healing : Groote Schuur Hospital, 1938-2008 / by Anne Digby and Howard Phillips ; with Harriet Deacon and Kirsten Thomson.

The politics of medical topography : seeking healthiness at the Cape during the nineteenth century / Harriet Deacon.

The Cape doctor in the nineteenth century : a social history / edited by Harriet Deacon, Howard Phillips and Elizabeth van Heyningen.

Outside the profession : nursing staff on Robben Island, 1846-1910 / Harriet Deacon.

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Deacon, Harriet

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At the heart of healing : Groote Schuur Hospital, 1938-2008 / by Anne Digby and Howard Phillips ; with Harriet Deacon and Kirsten Thomson.

The politics of medical topography : seeking healthiness at the Cape during the nineteenth century / Harriet Deacon.

The Cape doctor in the nineteenth century : a social history / edited by Harriet Deacon, Howard Phillips and Elizabeth van Heyningen.

Outside the profession : nursing staff on Robben Island, 1846-1910 / Harriet Deacon.