Oratio anniversaria in theatro Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensium ex Harvaei instituto habita die xviii Octobris, 1792 / autore Gulielmo Cadogan.

Cadogan, William, 1711-1797.

Date:: [1792]

Credit: Oratio anniversaria in theatro Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensium ex Harvaei instituto habita die xviii Octobris, 1792 / autore Gulielmo Cadogan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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