Boylston prize dissertations : on 1. Inflammation of the periosteum. 2. Eneuresis irritata. 3. Cutaneous diseases. 4. Cancer of the breast. Also remarks on malaria / by Usher Parsons.

  • Parsons, Usher, 1788-1868.
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1839, ©1838
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Credit: Boylston prize dissertations : on 1. Inflammation of the periosteum. 2. Eneuresis irritata. 3. Cutaneous diseases. 4. Cancer of the breast. Also remarks on malaria / by Usher Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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