A treatise on the venereal disease. In three parts. I. An anatomical and physiological description of the genital parts of both sexes. II. An aetiological enquiry into the various stages of the venereal disease. III. A true and rational method of cure ... / [N.D. Falck].
- Falck, N. D. (Nikolai Detlef), 1736-1783
- Date:
- 1774
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the venereal disease. In three parts. I. An anatomical and physiological description of the genital parts of both sexes. II. An aetiological enquiry into the various stages of the venereal disease. III. A true and rational method of cure ... / [N.D. Falck]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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