A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or cowhage, (the Dolichos pruriens of Linnaeus) internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms : to which are added, observations on other anthelmintics of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine.

  • Chamberlaine, William, 1749-
Date:
1792
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Credit: A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or cowhage, (the Dolichos pruriens of Linnaeus) internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms : to which are added, observations on other anthelmintics of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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