Le Parnasse médical français: Dictionnaire des médecins-poètes de la France
Compiled by Achille Chéreau · Published 1874 · French with English translation · Wellcome Collection
The only known English translation of Achille Chéreau's 1874 dictionary of French physician-poets.
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