A Lecture Delivered In Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia On The Evening Of Tuesday The 22d Of January 1833 On The Question Has The Parotid Gland Ever Been Extirpated

Excerpt from A Lecture Delivered in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, on the Evening of Tuesday the 22d of January, 1833, on the Question "Has the Parotid Gland Ever Been Extirpated?" It is probable that most of the gentlemen, to whom I now address myself, are aware of the reasons which have induced me to enter into an investiga ation of this interesting inquiry; but, as there may be some of you who have not been informed as to the proceedings of my Class, I beg leave to read to you a letter which a committee of that Body has addressed to me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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