The Hunterian oration, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in London, on the fourteenth day of February, 1821 / by Thomas Chevalier.

  • Thomas Chevalier
Date:
1821
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Credit: The Hunterian oration, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in London, on the fourteenth day of February, 1821 / by Thomas Chevalier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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