Optometry: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 4, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 12937, H.R. 13049, H.R. 13155, H.R. 13176, H.R. 13623, and H.R. 13821 to Regulate the Practice of Optometry in the District of Columbia, March 21, 22, and 23, 1966U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - 384 pages |
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| Title | Optometry: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 4, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 12937, H.R. 13049, H.R. 13155, H.R. 13176, H.R. 13623, and H.R. 13821 to Regulate the Practice of Optometry in the District of Columbia, March 21, 22, and 23, 1966 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee No. 4 |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 384 pages |
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