Second opinions: Epidemics and infections in nineteenth-century Britain

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-158

  Condrau, Flurin ^b   Worboys, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 37249025519     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkm001     Document Type: Review

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