Doctors and doctors : some curious chapters in medical history and quackery / By Graham Everitt.
- Everitt, Graham.
- Date:
- 1888
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Doctors and doctors : some curious chapters in medical history and quackery / By Graham Everitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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