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 / [William Chamberlaine].

  • Chamberlaine, William, 1749-
Date:
1784
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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 / [William Chamberlaine]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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