Degeneracy : its causes, signs and results / by Eugene S. Talbot.

  • Talbot, Eugene S. (Eugene Solomon), 1847-1924.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Degeneracy : its causes, signs and results / by Eugene S. Talbot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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