The female monitor, : consisting of a series of letters to married women on nursing and the management of children. / By the late Hugh Smith, M. D. With occasional notes and a compendium of the diseases of infants. By Dr. John Vaughan.
- Hugh Smith
- Date:
- 1801
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The female monitor, : consisting of a series of letters to married women on nursing and the management of children. / By the late Hugh Smith, M. D. With occasional notes and a compendium of the diseases of infants. By Dr. John Vaughan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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