On the theory and practice of midwifery / By Fleetwood Churchill. With notes and additions by D. Francis Condie.
- Fleetwood Churchill
- Date:
- 1859 [©1851]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the theory and practice of midwifery / By Fleetwood Churchill. With notes and additions by D. Francis Condie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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