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Identifier: albanymedicalann1918medi (find matches)
Title: Albany medical annals
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Medical Society of the County of Albany (N.Y.) Albany Medical College. Alumni Association
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : Burdick & Taylor
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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