Orthopedic surgery for practitioners / by Henry Ling Taylor, assisted by Charles Ogilvy [and] Fred. H. Albee.
- Henry Ling Taylor
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Orthopedic surgery for practitioners / by Henry Ling Taylor, assisted by Charles Ogilvy [and] Fred. H. Albee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.
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