Some observations on consumption, scrofula or king's evil, gout, asthma, softness and distortion of the bones, rickets, cancer, insanity, and other chronical diseases... / [William Turton].

  • William Turton
Date:
1813
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Credit: Some observations on consumption, scrofula or king's evil, gout, asthma, softness and distortion of the bones, rickets, cancer, insanity, and other chronical diseases... / [William Turton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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