Volume 1
Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science / by John Coakley Lettsom ... originally published in 1801; and now re-published with memoirs of the author; brief notices of many of his friends; and X new plates.
- John Coakley Lettsom
- Date:
- 1816
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science / by John Coakley Lettsom ... originally published in 1801; and now re-published with memoirs of the author; brief notices of many of his friends; and X new plates. 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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