Surgical observations : being a quarterly report of cases in surgery : treated in the Middlesex Hospital, in the Cancer Establishment, and in private practice : embracing an account of the anatomical and pathological researches in the School of Windmill Street / by Charles Bell.

  • Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Surgical observations : being a quarterly report of cases in surgery : treated in the Middlesex Hospital, in the Cancer Establishment, and in private practice : embracing an account of the anatomical and pathological researches in the School of Windmill Street / by Charles Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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