A complete treatise, on the origin, theory, and cure of the lues venerea, and obstructions in the urethra, illustrated by a great variety of cases : being a course of twenty-three lectures, read in Dean-Stret [sic], Soho, in the years 1790 and 1791 / by Jesse Foot, surgeon.

  • Foot, Jesse, 1744-1826.
Date:
1792
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Credit: A complete treatise, on the origin, theory, and cure of the lues venerea, and obstructions in the urethra, illustrated by a great variety of cases : being a course of twenty-three lectures, read in Dean-Stret [sic], Soho, in the years 1790 and 1791 / by Jesse Foot, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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