[July, 
AMEEIOA^T AGEIOULTUEIST, 
1884.] 
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Music Books fortk Sea-Side. 
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The World’s Recognition of Merit. 
I.ondoii—x88x—Announcement. 
At the late International Medical and Sanitary Ex¬ 
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ONLY “AWARD OF MERIT” FOR TRUSSES 
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(Over Sixty-Eight Competitors,)—confirming their high 
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Exhtbttion Judoss vbou the Royal College op Subobons 
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Under Patronage of the "World’s most Eminent Surgeons. 
The Correct and Skillful Mechanical Treatment of 
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