Observations in surgery : containing one hundred and fifteen different cases. With particular remarks on each ... / Translated by J. S[parrow] ... To which is added a new chirurgical dictionary.

Henri François Le Dran

Date:: 1740

Credit: Observations in surgery : containing one hundred and fifteen different cases. With particular remarks on each ... / Translated by J. S[parrow] ... To which is added a new chirurgical dictionary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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