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Stepansky
Medical
Encyclopedia

A Historical Timeline with Commentary

By Paul E. Stepansky. Ph.D.

A summation of Paul E. Stepansky's life-long study of medical history, the Stepansky Medical Encyclopedia has been 27 years in the making.

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