An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / By John Fothergill, M.D.
- John Fothergill
- Date:
- 1748
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers; a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city [London] and in several parts of the nation / By John Fothergill, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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