Theory and practice of midwifery, illustrated with appropriate plates : also, third edition, (improved), of Remarks on the present manner of treating new-born infants. with, A description of the tubes, in which oxygen-gas, or vital-air, passes through the lungs to the blood / by George Chartres.
- Chartres, George.
- Date:
- 1816
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Theory and practice of midwifery, illustrated with appropriate plates : also, third edition, (improved), of Remarks on the present manner of treating new-born infants. with, A description of the tubes, in which oxygen-gas, or vital-air, passes through the lungs to the blood / by George Chartres. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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