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John Wakefield Francis. Line engraving by J. Gollmann.

John Wakefield Francis. Stipple engraving by J. F. E. Prud'homme after J. Herring.

John Wakefield Francis. Engraving by W. G. Jackman, 1877, after J. Gollmann.

John Wakefield Francis (1789-1861) / F.H. Garrison.

John Wakefield Francis : a doctor of old New York / Claude E. Heaton.

Letter on febrile contagion: addressed to David Hosack / [John W. Francis].

Documents in the matter of an application to the honourable the Legislature of the State of New-York, for a charter for Manhattan College.

Case of three remarkable tumours extirpated from the nose : communicated in a letter to David Hosack / by P.S. Townsend.

An inaugural address, delivered before the New-York Academy of Medicine, February 7, 1849 / by Valentine Mott ; to which is prefixed, an address by J.W. Francis to the president elect.

An inaugural dissertation on mercury : embracing its medical history, curative action, and abuse in certain diseases / by John W. Francis, A.B. Vice-President of the Medical and Surgical Society of the University of New-York.

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John W. Francis

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Letter on febrile contagion: addressed to David Hosack / [John W. Francis].

Documents in the matter of an application to the honourable the Legislature of the State of New-York, for a charter for Manhattan College.

Case of three remarkable tumours extirpated from the nose : communicated in a letter to David Hosack / by P.S. Townsend.

An inaugural address, delivered before the New-York Academy of Medicine, February 7, 1849 / by Valentine Mott ; to which is prefixed, an address by J.W. Francis to the president elect.

An inaugural dissertation on mercury : embracing its medical history, curative action, and abuse in certain diseases / by John W. Francis, A.B. Vice-President of the Medical and Surgical Society of the University of New-York.

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