Haemorrhoids and prolapsus of the rectum : their pathology and treatment, with especial reference to the application of nitric acid, with a chapter on the painful ulcer of the rectum / by Henry Smith.
- Henry Smith
- Date:
- 1862
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Haemorrhoids and prolapsus of the rectum : their pathology and treatment, with especial reference to the application of nitric acid, with a chapter on the painful ulcer of the rectum / by Henry Smith. 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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