Observations, anatomical, physiological and pathological, on the pulmonary system : with remarks on some of the diseases of the lungs, viz. on haemorrhage, wounds, asthma, catarrh, croup, and consumption : tending to establish a new pathology of the lungs, founded on the anatomy and physiology of the parts : some remarks are introduced on the broken-wind of horses, and to the whole is added an appendix, containing Observations on some of the articles of the materia medica, viz. on the Rosa Rubra, Flores Chamaemeli and Sarsaparilla, as also on the Cicuta, Stramonium, Hyosciamus and Aconitum / by William Davidson.
- Davidson, William, 1765-
- Date:
- 1795
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations, anatomical, physiological and pathological, on the pulmonary system : with remarks on some of the diseases of the lungs, viz. on haemorrhage, wounds, asthma, catarrh, croup, and consumption : tending to establish a new pathology of the lungs, founded on the anatomy and physiology of the parts : some remarks are introduced on the broken-wind of horses, and to the whole is added an appendix, containing Observations on some of the articles of the materia medica, viz. on the Rosa Rubra, Flores Chamaemeli and Sarsaparilla, as also on the Cicuta, Stramonium, Hyosciamus and Aconitum / by William Davidson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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