Observations on the means of preserving and restoring health in the West-Indies / [by John Rollo].

Date:
1783
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Credit: Observations on the means of preserving and restoring health in the West-Indies / [by John Rollo]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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