Ague; or, Intermittent Fever
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Ague; or, Intermittent Fever" By M. D. O'Connell, M.D., M.Ch., L.M., SurgeonMaj or, Medical Staff. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1885. This pamphlet is divided into two parts, in the first of which the author treats of the distinction between Ague and Remittent Fever, whilst, in the second, following Moore and Oldham, he endeavours to prove that Ague, as distinguished from Remittent Fever, is not due
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