An account of two glands and their excretory ducts lately discover'd in human bodies [with 'Epistola R. Vieussens ... de organo auditus' and 'A letter from W. Musgrave to Dr. Sloane, being an argument for the more frequent use of laryngotomy'] / [William Cowper].
- William Cowper
- Date:
- 1699
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of two glands and their excretory ducts lately discover'd in human bodies [with 'Epistola R. Vieussens ... de organo auditus' and 'A letter from W. Musgrave to Dr. Sloane, being an argument for the more frequent use of laryngotomy'] / [William Cowper]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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