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| Title | Lectures on the physical phenomena of living beings. Translated under the superintendence of J. Pereira |
| Author | Carlo MATTEUCCI |
| Translated by | Jonathan PEREIRA |
| Published | 1847 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Oct 2006 |
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