Differentiation in rheumatic diseases (so-called) : based upon communications read before the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Association, 1892 Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Association 14th May 1890 and reprinted from the Lancet, October 1891 / by Hugh Lane.
- Lane, Hugh.
- Date:
- 1892
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Credit: Differentiation in rheumatic diseases (so-called) : based upon communications read before the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Association, 1892 Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Association 14th May 1890 and reprinted from the Lancet, October 1891 / by Hugh Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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