A treatise on the management of female breasts during childbed : and several new observations on cancerous diseases with prescriptions ; to which are added remarks on pretenders to the cure of the cancer / by William Rowley.
- William Rowley
- Date:
- MDCCXC [1790]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the management of female breasts during childbed : and several new observations on cancerous diseases with prescriptions ; to which are added remarks on pretenders to the cure of the cancer / by William Rowley. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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