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An account of the ophthalmia which has appeared in England since the return of the British Army from Egypt / By John Vetch.
- John Vetch
- Date:
- 1807
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the ophthalmia which has appeared in England since the return of the British Army from Egypt / By John Vetch. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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