An account of dysentery as it occurred in the Edinburgh Charity Workhouse during the years 1832 and 1833, where large doses of calomel were found highly useful / by John Smith.

General report of the Lunatic Department of the Charity Workhouse of the City of Edinburgh, for the years 1833-34-35.

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General report of the Lunatic Department of the Charity Workhouse of the City of Edinburgh, for the years 1833-34-35.