Smallpox and New York City’s Smallpox Hospital
✍ Scribed by Allen D. Spiegel; Florence Kavaler; Karen M. Kucinski
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 505 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0094-5145
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