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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Muscles of the Human Body from an 1844 Book


Muscles of the human body from the 1844 edition of the Family Medical Library by Dr. William Buchan and Dr. J.G. Norwood.


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Dr. Buchan's Family Medical Works : Containing the Domestic Medicine , Enlarged : And the Advice to Mothers , on the Subject of Their Own Health

Dr. Buchan's Domestic Medicine: Or, a Treatise On the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by Regimen and Simple Medicine, to Which Is Added Characteristic ... the Late Celebrated Dr. Cullen of Edinburgh

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