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A Vocation Receptive to Outside Influences: Doctors, Hospitals and Medicine in Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus, 1191–1570

Nicholas CoureasCyprus Research [email protected]
Pages 201-225 | Published online: 17 Feb 2023

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