A new system of teeth regulation with finely made original devices ready for immediate operative application without soldering / by Miland A. Knapp.

  • Knapp, Miland Austin, 1868-
Date:
[1901?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new system of teeth regulation with finely made original devices ready for immediate operative application without soldering / by Miland A. Knapp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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