Volume 3

Report of the Surgeon-General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the fiscal year ending.

  • United States. Surgeon-General's Office.
Date:
[1800s-1952?]
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Credit: Report of the Surgeon-General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the fiscal year ending. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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