A manual of X-ray technic (1917) (14754743321)

Identifier: manualofxraytech1917chri (find matches)

Title: A manual of X-ray technic

Year: 1917 (1910s)

Authors: Christie, Arthur Carlisle, 1879-

Subjects: Radiography, Medical Diagnosis, Radioscopic X-rays Bones Gastrointestinal system Radiography Bone Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases

Publisher: Philadelphia London : Lippincott

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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