Volume 1
Lectures, upon the heart, lungs, pericardium, pleura, aspera arteria, membrana intersepiens or mediastinum, together with the diaphragm : interspersed with a variety of practical remarks / By H. Mason.
- Mason, Henry
- Date:
- [1763]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures, upon the heart, lungs, pericardium, pleura, aspera arteria, membrana intersepiens or mediastinum, together with the diaphragm : interspersed with a variety of practical remarks / By H. Mason. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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