Farther remarks on the useless state of the lower limbs, in consequence of a curvature of the spine : being a supplement to a former treatise on that subject / by Percivall Pott, F.R.S. surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

  • Pott, Percivall, 1714-1788.
Date:
1782
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Credit: Farther remarks on the useless state of the lower limbs, in consequence of a curvature of the spine : being a supplement to a former treatise on that subject / by Percivall Pott, F.R.S. surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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