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Mask, ritual and fertility
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Chemical observations and experiments on air and fire. By Charles-William Scheele, Member of the Royal Academy at Stockholm; with a prefatory introduction, by Torbern Bergman; translated from the German by J. R. Forster, L.L.D. F.R.S. and S.A. Member of several Learned Societies and Academies in Europe. To which are added notes, by Richard Kirwan, Esq. F.R.S. with a letter to him from Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S.
Scheele, Carl Wilhelm, 1742-1786.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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The general practice of physic; extracted chiefly from the writings of the most celebrated practical physicians, And Transactions of the London College, Medical Essays, and Memoirs of the Learned Academies in Europe. To which is prefixed An Introduction, containing Inquiries relative to the Patient, Of distinguishing one Disease from another, Of the Pulse, Of the Consent of the Nervous Parts, Of Obstructions, &c. By R. Brookes, M.D. In two volumes.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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The general practice of physic; extracted chiefly from the writings of the most celebrated practical physicians, and The Medical Essays, Transactions, Journals, and Literary Correspondence Of the Learned Societies in Europe. To which is prefix'd, An Introduction, containing The Distinction of Similar Diseases, The Use of the Non-Naturals, An Account of the Pulse, The Consent of the Nervous Parts, And a Sketch of the Animal Oeconomy. By R. Brookes, M.D. In two volumes. ...
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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The general practice of physic; extracted chiefly from the writings of the most celebrated practical physicians, and The Medical Essays, Transactions, Journals, and Literary Correspondence Of the Learned Societies in Europe. To which is prefix'd, An introduction, containing The Distinction of Similar Diseases, The Use of the Non-Naturals, An Account of the Pulse, The Consent of the Nervous Parts, And a Sketch of the Animal Oeconomy. In two volumes. ... . By R. Brookes, M.D.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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The general practice of physic; extracted chiefly from the writings of the most celebrated practical physicians, and The Medical Essays, Transactions, Journals, and Literary Correspondence of the Learned Societies in Europe. To which is prefixed, An Introduction, containing The Distinction of Similar Diseases, The Use of the Non-Naturals, An Account of the Pulse, The Consent of the Nervous Parts, And a Sketch of the Animal Oeconomy. By R. Brookes, M.D. In two volumes. ...
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]