Medical reports of cases and experiments : with observations, chiefly derived from hospital practice: to which are added, an enquiry into the origin of canine madness; and thoughts on a plan for its extirpation from the British isles / By Samuel Argent Bardsley. M.D. M.R.M.S. Edinburgh; and M.S. London: physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary, Lunatic Hospital, and Asylum; and Vice-President of the Literary, and Philosophical Society, at Manchester.

  • Samuel Argent Bardsley
Date:
1807
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Credit: Medical reports of cases and experiments : with observations, chiefly derived from hospital practice: to which are added, an enquiry into the origin of canine madness; and thoughts on a plan for its extirpation from the British isles / By Samuel Argent Bardsley. M.D. M.R.M.S. Edinburgh; and M.S. London: physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary, Lunatic Hospital, and Asylum; and Vice-President of the Literary, and Philosophical Society, at Manchester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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