Volume 1
Review of the history of medicine / / by Thomas A. Wise.
- Thomas Alexander Wise
- Date:
- 1867
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Review of the history of medicine / / by Thomas A. Wise. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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