Anaesthetics ancient and modern [electronic resource] : an historical sketch of anaesthesia : lecture memoranda, American Medical Association, Atlantic City, N.J., 1907 (1907)
Wellcome, Henry S. (Henry Solomon), Sir, 1853-1936, Burroughs Wellcome and Company · London : Burroughs Wellcome · leaf 17
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