Pulmonary tuberculosis : its etiology, symptomatology and therapeutics / by H. von Ziemssen ; translated by David J. Doherty.

  • Ziemssen, H. von (Hugo), 1829-1902.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Pulmonary tuberculosis : its etiology, symptomatology and therapeutics / by H. von Ziemssen ; translated by David J. Doherty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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