NOTES ON RAUWOLFIA AND ANCIENT MEDICAL WRITINGS OF INDIA
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical History
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0025-7273,2048-8343
DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300023498