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COURVOISIER'S LAW

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Definitions of COURVOISIER'S LAW

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The 1. that when the common bile duct is obstructed by a calculus, dilatation of the gall-bladder is rare; when it is otherwise obstructed, such dilatation is common.
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1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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