Obstetric aphorisms : for the use of students commencing midwifery practice / by Joseph Griffiths Swayne.
- Swayne, Joseph Griffiths, 1819-1903.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Obstetric aphorisms : for the use of students commencing midwifery practice / by Joseph Griffiths Swayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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