Probationary essay on spina bifida : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh when candidate for admission ... / by Patrick S.K. Newbigging.

Date:
1834
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Credit: Probationary essay on spina bifida : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh when candidate for admission ... / by Patrick S.K. Newbigging. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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