Aphorisms on the application and use of the forceps and vectis : on preternatural labours, on labours attended with hemorrhage, and with convulsions / by Thomas Denman, M.D.
- Thomas Denman
- Date:
- 1803
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Credit: Aphorisms on the application and use of the forceps and vectis : on preternatural labours, on labours attended with hemorrhage, and with convulsions / by Thomas Denman, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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