Remarks on the supply of water to the metropolis, with an account of the natural history of water in its simple and combined states, and of the chemical composition and medical uses of all the known mineral waters : being a guide to foreign and British watering places / by Michael Ryan.

Michael Ryan

Date:: 1828

Credit: Remarks on the supply of water to the metropolis, with an account of the natural history of water in its simple and combined states, and of the chemical composition and medical uses of all the known mineral waters : being a guide to foreign and British watering places / by Michael Ryan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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