Philosophical conjectures on aereal influences, the probable origin of diseases: with an unusual cure in the scurvy / Address'd to Dr. Shaw, by E-m-d L-tt-n [i.e. Edmund Litton].

  • Litton, Edmund.
Date:
1747
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Credit: Philosophical conjectures on aereal influences, the probable origin of diseases: with an unusual cure in the scurvy / Address'd to Dr. Shaw, by E-m-d L-tt-n [i.e. Edmund Litton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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