An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry [sic] rupture, by means of a seton / [Percival Pott].

  • Percivall Pott
Date:
1771
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Credit: An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry [sic] rupture, by means of a seton / [Percival Pott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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