Nosologia methodica oculorum, or, a treatise on the diseases of the eyes, selected and translated from the Latin of Francis Bossier [sic] de Sauvages; wherein the whole are methodically arranged: to which are also added, the descriptions and modes of cure, ... / with annotations by George Wallis ...

Date:
MDCCLXXXV [1785]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Nosologia methodica oculorum, or, a treatise on the diseases of the eyes, selected and translated from the Latin of Francis Bossier [sic] de Sauvages; wherein the whole are methodically arranged: to which are also added, the descriptions and modes of cure, ... / with annotations by George Wallis ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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