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Sir.?I slit. 11 deem it a great, favour if yon will kindly allow me a little space in your well-known journal for the following few lines with a view to draw the attention of your numerous readers to the subject. During the last two years of a practice attending over 20 years I have come across a series of cases suffering from a peculiar kind of worm which fly within a few seconds of their expu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 1883
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.ns-1.16.457-c