Two treatises, the one medical, of the gout, and its nature more narrowly search'd into than hitherto; together with a new way of discharging the same / ... By Herman Busschof Senior ... The other partly chirurgical, partly medical; containing some observations and practices relating both to some extraordinary cases of women in travel; and to some other uncommon cases of diseases in both sexes. By Henry van Roonhuyse ... Englished out of Dutch. By a careful hand.

  • Busschof, Hermann
Date:
1676
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Credit: Two treatises, the one medical, of the gout, and its nature more narrowly search'd into than hitherto; together with a new way of discharging the same / ... By Herman Busschof Senior ... The other partly chirurgical, partly medical; containing some observations and practices relating both to some extraordinary cases of women in travel; and to some other uncommon cases of diseases in both sexes. By Henry van Roonhuyse ... Englished out of Dutch. By a careful hand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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