Volume 2

Observations on the nature, causes, and cure, of those disorders, which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric. To which are prefixed, some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves / By Robert Whytt.

  • Whytt, Robert, 1714-1766.
Date:
1765
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