An essay on crookedness, or distortions of the spine : shewing the insufficiency of a variety of modes made use of for the relief in these cases; and proposing methods, easy, safe, and more effectual for the completion of their cures; with some hints for the prevention of these affections, and their disagreeable, painful, and dangerous consequences / by Philip Jones.
- Jones, Philip
- Date:
- [1788]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay on crookedness, or distortions of the spine : shewing the insufficiency of a variety of modes made use of for the relief in these cases; and proposing methods, easy, safe, and more effectual for the completion of their cures; with some hints for the prevention of these affections, and their disagreeable, painful, and dangerous consequences / by Philip Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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