An account of a new method of treating fractured legs. Read before the Royal Society of London, on February 12, 1767. To which is prefixed a letter on that subject to James Parsons. M.D., a member of that respectable society, dated November 6, 1766 / [William Sharp].

  • Sharp, William, M.D.
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[1767]
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Credit: An account of a new method of treating fractured legs. Read before the Royal Society of London, on February 12, 1767. To which is prefixed a letter on that subject to James Parsons. M.D., a member of that respectable society, dated November 6, 1766 / [William Sharp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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