A dissertation on the mixed fever, delivered June 30, 1789 : at a public examination for the degree of Bachelor in Medicine, before the Rev. Joseph Willard, S.T.D. president, the medical professors, and the governors of the university at Cambridge in America / by William Pearson.

  • Pearson, William, 1768-1795
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[1789]
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Credit: A dissertation on the mixed fever, delivered June 30, 1789 : at a public examination for the degree of Bachelor in Medicine, before the Rev. Joseph Willard, S.T.D. president, the medical professors, and the governors of the university at Cambridge in America / by William Pearson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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