Dr Kahn's Museum: Obscene anatomy in Victorian London

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 618-624

  Bates, A W ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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ANATOMY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; QUACKERY; REVIEW; TEACHER;

EID: 33845979860     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.12.618     Document Type: Review

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