Aretaiou Kappadokou Ta sozomena = The extant works of Aretaeus, the Cappadocian / edited and translated by Francis Adams, LL.D.

Date:: MDCCCLVI [1856]

Credit: Aretaiou Kappadokou Ta sozomena = The extant works of Aretaeus, the Cappadocian / edited and translated by Francis Adams, LL.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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