The medical mirror, or, Treatise on the impregnation of the human female : shewing the origin of diseases and the principles of life and death / by E. Sibly, M.D. F.R.H.S. of Upper Titchfield Street Fitzroy Square.
- Ebenezer Sibly
- Date:
- [1798?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The medical mirror, or, Treatise on the impregnation of the human female : shewing the origin of diseases and the principles of life and death / by E. Sibly, M.D. F.R.H.S. of Upper Titchfield Street Fitzroy Square. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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