Observations on morbid poisons, phagedaena, and cancer: containing a comparative view of the theories of Dr. Swediaur, John Hunter, Messrs. Foot, Moore, and Bell, on the laws of the venereal virus. And also some preliminary remarks on the language and mode of reasoning adopted by medical writers / By Joseph Adams.

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Credit: Observations on morbid poisons, phagedaena, and cancer: containing a comparative view of the theories of Dr. Swediaur, John Hunter, Messrs. Foot, Moore, and Bell, on the laws of the venereal virus. And also some preliminary remarks on the language and mode of reasoning adopted by medical writers / By Joseph Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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