The Riviera : sketches of the health resorts of the north Mediterranean coast of France and Italy from Hyères to Spezia : with chapters on the general meteorology of the district, its medical aspect and value, etc. / by Edward I. Sparks.
- Sparks, Edward I. (Edward Isaac), 1843-1880
- Date:
- 1879
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Riviera : sketches of the health resorts of the north Mediterranean coast of France and Italy from Hyères to Spezia : with chapters on the general meteorology of the district, its medical aspect and value, etc. / by Edward I. Sparks. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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