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Book Title: History of Embalming, and of Preparations in Anatomy, Pathology
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: 272
Language: English
Publication Name: History of Embalming, and of Preparations in Anatomy, Pathology, and Natural History : Including an Account of a New Process for Embalming (Classic Reprint)
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: General
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Medical
Author: J. -N Gannal
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
