A course of fifteen lectures, on medical botany : denominated Thomson's theory of medical practice; in which the various theories that have preceded it, are reviewed and compared; delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Robinson, Samuel
- Date:
- 1829
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Credit: A course of fifteen lectures, on medical botany : denominated Thomson's theory of medical practice; in which the various theories that have preceded it, are reviewed and compared; delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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