Copy 1, Volume 1
A practical treatise on wounds and other chirurgical subjects: to which is prefixed a short historical account of the rise and progress of surgery and anatomy. Addressed to young surgeons / by Benjamin Gooch.
- Benjamin Gooch
- Date:
- 1767
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical treatise on wounds and other chirurgical subjects: to which is prefixed a short historical account of the rise and progress of surgery and anatomy. Addressed to young surgeons / by Benjamin Gooch. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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