Illustrations from the Wellcome Library: Who was Elizabeth Okeover?

Medical History

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 531-540

  Aspin, Richard ^a  

^a Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 0034302588     PISSN: 00257273     EISSN: 20488343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025727300067119     Document Type: Article

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