An inaugural dissertation on the influenza : submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president ; for the degree of Doctor of Physic, on the sixth day of May, 1794 / by Peter Irving, citizen of the state of New-York.

  • Irving, Peter, 1772-1838.
Date:
1794
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the influenza : submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president ; for the degree of Doctor of Physic, on the sixth day of May, 1794 / by Peter Irving, citizen of the state of New-York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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