Address of John Eric Erichsen, F.R.S., President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, at the annual meeting, March 1st, 1880.

  • John Eric Erichsen
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1880
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Credit: Address of John Eric Erichsen, F.R.S., President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, at the annual meeting, March 1st, 1880. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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