Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis and the evaluation of bloodletting

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 158-160

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a Division d'epidemiologie clinique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEVER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEECHING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 33645005416     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.3.158     Document Type: Review

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