A medical and experimental inquiry, into the origin, symptoms, and cure of constitutional diseases. Particularly scrophula, consumption, cancer, and gout / by William Lambe.

  • Lambe, William, 1765-1847.
Date:
1805
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Credit: A medical and experimental inquiry, into the origin, symptoms, and cure of constitutional diseases. Particularly scrophula, consumption, cancer, and gout / by William Lambe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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