An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / [John Fothergill].
- John Fothergill
- Date:
- 1751
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / [John Fothergill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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