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- ↑ Joseph Browne, Theo. Turquet Mayernii Opera medica (London, 1701)
- ↑ Brian Nance, Turquet de Mayerne as Baroque Physician: The Art of Medical Portraiture (Amsterdam, 2001), p. 35.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Browne, Joseph (fl.1706)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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