A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine.
- Date:
- 1785
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Credit: A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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