An inaugural dissertation on the apoplexy. Submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost; the Trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine; on the 19th. day of May, A.D. 1794 / By John Lamb, Jun. of New-York. ; [Two lines from the Iliad].

  • Lamb, John
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1794
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the apoplexy. Submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost; the Trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine; on the 19th. day of May, A.D. 1794 / By John Lamb, Jun. of New-York. ; [Two lines from the Iliad]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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