Seven lectures on somnambulism / translated from the German of Dr. Arnold Wienholt; with a preface, introduction, notes, and an appendix; to which is now added a letter to Professor Gregory ... relative to his recent exposition of the experiments of Baron Reichenbach. By J.C. Colquhoun, Esq., advocate.

  • Wienholt, Arnold, 1895?-
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1846
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Credit: Seven lectures on somnambulism / translated from the German of Dr. Arnold Wienholt; with a preface, introduction, notes, and an appendix; to which is now added a letter to Professor Gregory ... relative to his recent exposition of the experiments of Baron Reichenbach. By J.C. Colquhoun, Esq., advocate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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