Elements of medical jurisprudence, or a succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c : to which are added, directions for preserving the public health / By Samuel Farr, M.D.
- Samuel Farr
- Date:
- 1815
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Elements of medical jurisprudence, or a succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c : to which are added, directions for preserving the public health / By Samuel Farr, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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