A dissertation on the stone in the bladder : in which are consider'd, the nature of the human calculus, the doctrine of menstruums, or the dissolvent for the stone ... ; in a letter to a physician in London / by William Schaw, M.D.
- William Schaw
- Date:
- 1739
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dissertation on the stone in the bladder : in which are consider'd, the nature of the human calculus, the doctrine of menstruums, or the dissolvent for the stone ... ; in a letter to a physician in London / by William Schaw, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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