Chronic diseases : especially the nervous diseases of women / by D. Rosch ; tr. from the German by Charles Dummig.

  • Rosch, D., active 19th century.
Date:
1850, ©1849
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Credit: Chronic diseases : especially the nervous diseases of women / by D. Rosch ; tr. from the German by Charles Dummig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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