A radical and expeditious cure for a recent catarrhous cough : preceded by some observations on respiration ... To which is added, a chapter on the vis vitae ... Accompanied with some strictures on the treatment of compound fractures / [Mudge].
- John Mudge
- Date:
- 1782
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A radical and expeditious cure for a recent catarrhous cough : preceded by some observations on respiration ... To which is added, a chapter on the vis vitae ... Accompanied with some strictures on the treatment of compound fractures / [Mudge]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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