The science of life, or, Self-preservation : a medical treatise on nervous and physical debility, spermatorrhœa, impotence, and sterility, with practical observations on the treatment of diseases of the generative organs / by Albert H. Hayes.
- Hayes, Albert H. (Albert Hamilton)
- Date:
- [1868], ©1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The science of life, or, Self-preservation : a medical treatise on nervous and physical debility, spermatorrhœa, impotence, and sterility, with practical observations on the treatment of diseases of the generative organs / by Albert H. Hayes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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