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. 2025 Jan 30;75(751):69-71.
doi: 10.3399/bjgp25X740589. Print 2025 Feb.

Written on a gravestone: a story of medical misadventure from 1869

Peter McCartney  1
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Written on a gravestone: a story of medical misadventure from 1869

Peter McCartney. Br J Gen Pract. .
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  • Smallpox vaccination.
    Perkins P. Perkins P. Br J Gen Pract. 2025 Mar 27;75(753):156. doi: 10.3399/bjgp25X741141. Print 2025 Apr. Br J Gen Pract. 2025. PMID: 40147976 No abstract available.

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