1754-1783: Science, and Medicine: Headline Makers
1754-1783: Science, and Medicine: Headline Makers
David Bushnell (1742?-1824)
Alexander Garden (1730?-1791)
John Jeffries (1745-1819)
John Winthrop (1714-1779)
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