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The state of physick : and of diseases; : with an inquiry into the causes of the late increase of them: : But more particularly of the small-pox. : With some considerations upon the new practice of purgeing in that disease. : To the whole is premised, an idea of the nature and mechanism of man: : of the disorders to which it is obnoxious: : and of the method of rectifying them

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1718.
Call number: 477977
Creator: Woodward, John (1665-1728)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 20 cm (8vo)
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