Radiography and radio-therapeutics (1919) (14734900306)

Identifier: radiographyradio001knox (find matches)
Title: Radiography and radio-therapeutics
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Knox, Robert, 1868-1928
Subjects: Radiography Radiography Radiotherapy
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School



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