A practical treatise on the diseases of the breasts : containing directions for the management of women during lying-in; with the methods of curing the inflammation, abscess, and schirrus of the breasts / by William Rowley, M.D. and Man-Midwife.

  • Rowley, William, 1742-1806.
Date:
1777
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of the breasts : containing directions for the management of women during lying-in; with the methods of curing the inflammation, abscess, and schirrus of the breasts / by William Rowley, M.D. and Man-Midwife. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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