Catalogue of Chinese books and manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Hartmut Walravens ; introduction by Nigel Allan.

Walravens, Hartmut.

Date:: 1994

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Credit: Catalogue of Chinese books and manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Hartmut Walravens ; introduction by Nigel Allan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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