The Turkish Bath in health and disease : being a lecture delivered in the Mechanics' Hall, Sheffield, Friday, December 16th, 1858 / by John Le Gay Brereton.

  • Brereton, J. Le Gay. John Le Gay, 1827-1886.
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[1858?]
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Credit: The Turkish Bath in health and disease : being a lecture delivered in the Mechanics' Hall, Sheffield, Friday, December 16th, 1858 / by John Le Gay Brereton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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