Remarks on some late animadversions of a licentiate upon the constitution of physick: intended to correct the misapprehensions of that author with regard to the College of Physicians and the English universities / by a Cantab.
- Cantab.
- Date:
- [1768]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Remarks on some late animadversions of a licentiate upon the constitution of physick: intended to correct the misapprehensions of that author with regard to the College of Physicians and the English universities / by a Cantab. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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