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Principles of general and comparative physiology : intended as an introduction to the study of human physiology : and as a guide to the philosophical pursuit of natural history / by William B. Carpenter, M.D.

  • William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
1841
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Credit: Principles of general and comparative physiology : intended as an introduction to the study of human physiology : and as a guide to the philosophical pursuit of natural history / by William B. Carpenter, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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