"Professor" William C. Wilson and his actina electric pocket battery for curing ocular disease

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 238-248

  Ferry, Andrew P ^a,b  

^a Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUACKERY;

EID: 0031889463     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)92821-4     Document Type: Article

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