Dr. Gurdon Wadsworth Russell's Account of the 1853 Railroad Accident at Norwalk, Connecticut
A Commentary on the Person, the Times and the Event
Michael Mittelmann, M.D.

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Reproduced with permission from Connecticut Medicine (Journal of the Connecticut State Medical Society, copyright 2000, Conn Med; 64: 291-6)

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Russell (1604kb) - Gurdon Wadsworth Russell, M.D.