Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society.
- C. B. Coventry
- Date:
- 1865
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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