A treatise on the diseases of negroes as they occur in the island of Jamaica with observations on the country remedies / [James Thomson].
- Thomson, James, active 1814-1820.
- Date:
- 1820
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the diseases of negroes as they occur in the island of Jamaica with observations on the country remedies / [James Thomson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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