A treatise on the strangles and fevers of horses : with a plate, representing a horse in the staggers, slung / by Thomas Prosser.

  • Prosser, Thomas, active 1790.
Date:
1790
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Credit: A treatise on the strangles and fevers of horses : with a plate, representing a horse in the staggers, slung / by Thomas Prosser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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