Observations on the different methods made use of for the radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry rupture, and on other diseases of the testicle : to which is added a comparative view of the different methods of cutting for the stone, with some remarks on the medicines generally exhibited as solvents of the stone / by William Dease.
- William Dease
- Date:
- MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on the different methods made use of for the radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry rupture, and on other diseases of the testicle : to which is added a comparative view of the different methods of cutting for the stone, with some remarks on the medicines generally exhibited as solvents of the stone / by William Dease. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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