Object details

Category
Books
Related period
First World War (content), Second World War (content), First World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
MEDICINE AND MODERN WARFARE (Author)
COOTER, ROGER (Author)
HARRISON, MARK (Author)
STURDY, STEVE (Author)
CLIO MEDICO 55; WELLCOME INSTITUTE SERIES IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE (Author)
Editions Rodopi B. V. (Publisher)
Production date
1999
Place made
Amsterdam, Atlanta
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 24cm., Pagination: iii, 286p.

Catalogue number
LBY 07 / 2584

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Medicine and victory British military medicine in the Second World War.

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