An account of a particular kind of rupture, frequently attendant upon new-born children; and sometimes met with in adults; viz. that in which the intestine, or omentum, is found in the same cavity, and in contact with the testicle / [Percivall Pott].
- Percivall Pott
- Date:
- 1757
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of a particular kind of rupture, frequently attendant upon new-born children; and sometimes met with in adults; viz. that in which the intestine, or omentum, is found in the same cavity, and in contact with the testicle / [Percivall Pott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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