A practical treatise on the diseases of the respiratory organs : including diseases of the larynx, trachea, lungs and pleura / by Charles J.B. Williams . With numerous additions and notes by Meredith Clymer.

  • Williams, Charles J. B. (Charles James Blasius), 1805-1889.
Date:
1845, ©1844
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Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of the respiratory organs : including diseases of the larynx, trachea, lungs and pleura / by Charles J.B. Williams . With numerous additions and notes by Meredith Clymer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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