Introductory address delivered at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, at the opening of the medical session, October 1866 / by Patrick Heron Watson.

  • Patrick Watson
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1867
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Credit: Introductory address delivered at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, at the opening of the medical session, October 1866 / by Patrick Heron Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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