A description of the apparatus of arbitrarily heated and medicated water baths etc. erected in Panton Square, Haymorhet, in ... 1779 / [Rhodomonte Dominiceti].
- Dominiceti, Rhodomonte
- Date:
- 1780
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A description of the apparatus of arbitrarily heated and medicated water baths etc. erected in Panton Square, Haymorhet, in ... 1779 / [Rhodomonte Dominiceti]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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