Volume 2

The balance of births and deaths / by Robert R. Kuczynski.

  • Kuczynski, Robert René, 1876-1947.
Date:
1928-1931
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The balance of births and deaths / by Robert R. Kuczynski. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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