An account of a new and successful method of treating those affections which arise from the poison of lead; to which are added general observations on the internal use of lead as a medicine / [Henry Clutterbuck].

  • Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856
Date:
1794
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Credit: An account of a new and successful method of treating those affections which arise from the poison of lead; to which are added general observations on the internal use of lead as a medicine / [Henry Clutterbuck]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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