Volume 1

A treatise on gonorrhoea virulenta, and lues venerea / by Benjamin Bell, member of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Ireland and Edinburgh, one of the surgeons to the Royal Infirmary, and fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

  • Bell, Benjamin, 1749-1806.
Date:
1797
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Credit: A treatise on gonorrhoea virulenta, and lues venerea / by Benjamin Bell, member of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Ireland and Edinburgh, one of the surgeons to the Royal Infirmary, and fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 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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