Chronic leg ulcers.
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چکیده
'If you chance to have in Cure an Apostume, that by the malignitie of the humors, or other evill disposition of the body changeth itselfe into a rebellious Ulcer . .. or that such an Ulcer come to thy hand from another Artist, be not out of hope to cure the same. For if Nature be not utterly thy enemy . . . proceeding as followeth, thou shalt be able to cure the disease, by the helpe of God.' JOHN' WOODALL (I639)
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Surgical clinics of North America
دوره 27 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1947