Thomas Shortt (principal medical officer in St. Helena). With biographies of some other medical men associated with the case of Napoleon from 1815-1821 / [Arnold Chaplin].

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Thomas Shortt (principal medical officer in St. Helena). With biographies of some other medical men associated with the case of Napoleon from 1815-1821 / [Arnold Chaplin].