Modern medicine : containing a brief exposition of the principal discoveries and doctrines that have occasioned the recent advancement of medical philosophy with strictures on the present state of medical practice ... / by David Uwins.
- Uwins, David, 1780-1837.
- Date:
- 1808
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Modern medicine : containing a brief exposition of the principal discoveries and doctrines that have occasioned the recent advancement of medical philosophy with strictures on the present state of medical practice ... / by David Uwins. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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