A treatise on the venereal rose. / By William Butter, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Member of the Medical Society, both Edinburgh.

  • Butter, William, 1726-1805.
Date:
1799
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Credit: A treatise on the venereal rose. / By William Butter, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Member of the Medical Society, both Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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