Volume 1

A preservative from the infection of the plague, or any contagious distemper in city, camp, fleet, etc., and for curing such as are infected with it, after the most plain and easy method. Written in the year 1666 / [Thomas Willis].

  • Willis, Thomas, 1621-1675.
Date:
1721
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A preservative from the infection of the plague, or any contagious distemper in city, camp, fleet, etc., and for curing such as are infected with it, after the most plain and easy method. Written in the year 1666 / [Thomas Willis]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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