Public health / by E.A. Parkes ; revised by William Aitken ; to which is added a short paper containing hints to the medical officers of the Arctic expedition under Captain Nares, as to experiments on diet and body-temperature in the polar regions.

  • Parkes, Edmund A. (Edmund Alexander), 1819-1876.
Date:
1876
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public health / by E.A. Parkes ; revised by William Aitken ; to which is added a short paper containing hints to the medical officers of the Arctic expedition under Captain Nares, as to experiments on diet and body-temperature in the polar regions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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