Observations on the nature and cure of calculus, sea scurvy, consumption, catarrh, and fever : together with conjectures upon several other subjects of physiology and pathology.

  • Beddoes, Thomas, 1760-1808
Date:
1793
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Credit: Observations on the nature and cure of calculus, sea scurvy, consumption, catarrh, and fever : together with conjectures upon several other subjects of physiology and pathology. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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