Volume 1
A statement of the early symptoms which lead to the disease termed water in the brain. With observations on the necessity of a watchful attention to them, and on the fatal consequences of their neglect in a letter to Martin Wall, Esq. M.D / By G.D. Yeats.
- Grant David Yeats
- Date:
- 1815
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A statement of the early symptoms which lead to the disease termed water in the brain. With observations on the necessity of a watchful attention to them, and on the fatal consequences of their neglect in a letter to Martin Wall, Esq. M.D / By G.D. Yeats. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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