On the theory and practice of midwifery / By Fleetwood Churchill. With notes and additions by D. Francis Condie.
- Fleetwood Churchill
- Date:
- 1859 [©1851]
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Credit: On the theory and practice of midwifery / By Fleetwood Churchill. With notes and additions by D. Francis Condie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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