Letters to women on midwifery and the diseases of women : a descriptive and practical work ... illustrated with numerous cases of treatment / by Joel Shew.
- Joel Shew
- Date:
- 1887
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Letters to women on midwifery and the diseases of women : a descriptive and practical work ... illustrated with numerous cases of treatment / by Joel Shew. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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