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Getting the measure of pain
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
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Abscesses
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Abscesses
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Abscesses
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Observations on Abscesses, etc
Date: Mid 18th centuryReference: MS.MSL.8/5Part of: Anatomical and Surgical Lecture Notes- Digital Images
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Chinese woodcut: Abscesses -- postauricular abscesses, etc.