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Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920

Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920

Christopher Lawrence

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2017
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Historia
ISBN:
9781138181618

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Christopher Lawrence’s critical overview of the way medicine has developed in Britain over the last two centuries is the first short synoptic analysis of the clinical encounter.

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