A treatise on all the diseases incident to women. Containing an account of their causes, differences, symptoms, diagnostics, prognostics, and cure / by John Astruc. Translated from a manuscript copy of the author's lectures read at Paris, 1740 [by J.R].

  • Astruc, Jean, 1684-1766.
Date:
1743
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Credit: A treatise on all the diseases incident to women. Containing an account of their causes, differences, symptoms, diagnostics, prognostics, and cure / by John Astruc. Translated from a manuscript copy of the author's lectures read at Paris, 1740 [by J.R]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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