A description of the apparatus of arbitrarily heated and medicated water baths, partial pumps, vapourous and dry baths, ... erected in Panton Square, Haymarket, in the year 1779, ... to which are added, several well authenticated cases of cures, ... / by R. Dominiceti.
- Dominiceti, Rhodomonte
- Date:
- 1780
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A description of the apparatus of arbitrarily heated and medicated water baths, partial pumps, vapourous and dry baths, ... erected in Panton Square, Haymarket, in the year 1779, ... to which are added, several well authenticated cases of cures, ... / by R. Dominiceti. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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