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A new treatise of the diseases of the eyes. : Containing proper remedies, and describing the chirurgical operations requisite for their cures. With some new discoveries in the structure of the eye, that demonstrate the immediate organ of vision

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCXLI. [1741].
Call number: 618788
Creator: Saint-Yves (1667-1733)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Dimensions: 20 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Stockton, J., (active 1723-1752,); Crokatt, James, (-1767,); Osborne, Thomas,
Associated organization: Los Angeles County Medical Association,
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