The cremation of the dead considered from an aesthetic, sanitary, religious, historical, medico-legal, and economical standpoint / by Hugo Erichsen ; with an introductory note by T. Spencer Wells.

  • Hugo Erichsen
Date:
1887
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Credit: The cremation of the dead considered from an aesthetic, sanitary, religious, historical, medico-legal, and economical standpoint / by Hugo Erichsen ; with an introductory note by T. Spencer Wells. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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