Outlines of lectures on physiology : with an introductory chapter on general biology, and an appendix containing laboratory exercises in practical physiology / by T. Wesley Mills.
- T. Wesley Mills
- Date:
- 1886
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Outlines of lectures on physiology : with an introductory chapter on general biology, and an appendix containing laboratory exercises in practical physiology / by T. Wesley Mills. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.
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