Ricerche patologico-pratiche sulle malattie dello stomaco, delle intestina, del fegato, della milza, del pancreas, e delle ghiandole mesenteriche / Prima versione italiana di Domenico Gola ... con aggiunta del compendio della monografia di Harles sulle malattie del pancreas.

  • Abercrombie, John, 1780-1844
Date:
1832
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Credit: Ricerche patologico-pratiche sulle malattie dello stomaco, delle intestina, del fegato, della milza, del pancreas, e delle ghiandole mesenteriche / Prima versione italiana di Domenico Gola ... con aggiunta del compendio della monografia di Harles sulle malattie del pancreas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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