An address on the position of the state in respect to modern bacteriological research : delivered before a General Meeting of the XIth International Medical Congress, held in Rome, 1894 / by V. Babes ; abstracted and translated by F. Parkes Weber.

  • Babeș, Victor, 1854-1926.
Date:
1894
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Credit: An address on the position of the state in respect to modern bacteriological research : delivered before a General Meeting of the XIth International Medical Congress, held in Rome, 1894 / by V. Babes ; abstracted and translated by F. Parkes Weber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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