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- ↑ "Thermometer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ Lançon, Pierre (2012). "Du bistouri à l'action politique : le destin mouvementé du chirurgien ruthénois Urbain Hémard (vers 1548-1592)" (PDF). Actes de la Société française d'histoire de l'art dentaire (in French). 17: 17–23. Retrieved 4 March 2021.