The domestic management of the sick-room : necessary, in aid of medical treatment, for the cure of diseases / by Anthony Todd Thomson.
- Anthony Todd Thomson
- Date:
- 1841
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The domestic management of the sick-room : necessary, in aid of medical treatment, for the cure of diseases / by Anthony Todd Thomson. 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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