Outlines of a course of dissections, for the use of the students of anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital.
- Joseph Henry Green
- Date:
- 1815
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Outlines of a course of dissections, for the use of the students of anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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