The breath of life, or, mal-respiration and its effects upon the enjoyments & life of man / by Geo. Catlin.

  • George Catlin
Date:
1862
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Credit: The breath of life, or, mal-respiration and its effects upon the enjoyments & life of man / by Geo. Catlin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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