An appeal addressed to the calm reflection of the author of the Critical Review : on 1. abusive language : 2. ambiguity and embarrassment : 3. espionnage and detraction : 4. the Jennerian discovery : with letters to the authors of the Monthly review and British critic / by John Coakley Lettsom.
- John Coakley Lettsom
- Date:
- 1803
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Credit: An appeal addressed to the calm reflection of the author of the Critical Review : on 1. abusive language : 2. ambiguity and embarrassment : 3. espionnage and detraction : 4. the Jennerian discovery : with letters to the authors of the Monthly review and British critic / by John Coakley Lettsom. 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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