Official guide and souvenir : British Medical Association : sixty-fifth annual meeting, Montreal, 1897.

  • British Medical Association. Annual Meeting
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[1897]
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Credit: Official guide and souvenir : British Medical Association : sixty-fifth annual meeting, Montreal, 1897. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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