Fish bile and cautery: Trachoma treatment in art

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-32

  Johnson, Horton A ^a  

^a Three Lincoln Center #47C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID;

ART; BILE; BLINDNESS; CAUTERIZATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FISH; HUMAN; PAINTING; PANNUS; PUS; REVIEW; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 12344253013     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.1.30     Document Type: Review

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