A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the result of sixteen thousand six hundred and fifty-four births occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years, commencing November 1826 / [Robert Collins].
- Robert Collins
- Date:
- 1835
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the result of sixteen thousand six hundred and fifty-four births occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years, commencing November 1826 / [Robert Collins]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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