A dissertation on the anomalous cases of disease affecting the rectum and bladder : connected with a constipated state of the bowels, and retention of the urine : submitted to the examination of the provosts, trustees, and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, as a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by John A. Elkinton, of New Jersey (March 3d, 1822.) ... : April 10th, anno MDCCCXXII.

  • Elkinton, John A.
Date:
October 1822
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Credit: A dissertation on the anomalous cases of disease affecting the rectum and bladder : connected with a constipated state of the bowels, and retention of the urine : submitted to the examination of the provosts, trustees, and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, as a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by John A. Elkinton, of New Jersey (March 3d, 1822.) ... : April 10th, anno MDCCCXXII. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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