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Identifier: textbookofoperat1903koch (find matches)
Title: Text-book of operative surgery
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Kocher, Theodor, 1841-1917 Stiles, Harold J
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgery
Publisher: London : Adam and Charles Black
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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