Medical notes on climate, diseases, hospitals, and medical schools, in France, Italy, and Switzerland : comprising an inquiry into the effects of a residence in the south of Europe, in cases of pulmonary consumption, and illustrating the present state of medicine in those countries / by James Clark, M.D.

  • Clark, James, Sir, 1788-1870.
Date:
1820
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Credit: Medical notes on climate, diseases, hospitals, and medical schools, in France, Italy, and Switzerland : comprising an inquiry into the effects of a residence in the south of Europe, in cases of pulmonary consumption, and illustrating the present state of medicine in those countries / by James Clark, 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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