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Book Title: The Old Vegetable Neurotics, Hemlock, Opium, Belladonna and
Topic: Medicine, General
Genre: Classics
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adults
Personalize: No
Inscribed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Signed: No
Number of Pages: 422 Pages
Publication Name: Old Vegetable Neurotics, Hemlock, Opium, Belladonna and Henbane : Their Physiological Action and Therapeutical Use Alone and in Combination, Being the Gulstonian Lectures of 1868, Extended and Including a Complete Examination of the Active Constituents
Language: English
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.9 Oz
Author: John Harley
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Medical
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
