A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease : To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck.
- Joseph Jakob von Plenck
- Date:
- 1772
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease : To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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