The villager's friend & physician, or, A familiar address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease ... supposed to be delivered by a village apothecary : with cursory observations on the treatment of children, on sobriety, industry, &c / [James Parkinson].

Parkinson, James, 1755-1824.

Date:: 1800

Credit: The villager's friend & physician, or, A familiar address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease ... supposed to be delivered by a village apothecary : with cursory observations on the treatment of children, on sobriety, industry, &c / [James Parkinson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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