The American hospital of the twentieth century : a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century / by Edward F. Stevens.

  • Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946.
Date:
1928
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Credit: The American hospital of the twentieth century : a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century / by Edward F. Stevens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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