A treatise on the venereal disease, and its cure in all its stages and circumstances / Englished by J[ohn] B[arker]. M.B. of Christ-Church College, Oxon.

  • Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738
Date:
1729
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the venereal disease, and its cure in all its stages and circumstances / Englished by J[ohn] B[arker]. M.B. of Christ-Church College, Oxon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [-7] dents, I efpecially infilled on thole who had written of the venereal Difeafe, and fihewed how this va¬ luable Work might be read to Ad¬ vantage. The Confluence was, that a Work which hac been long difregarded and flighted,, was then univerfally enquired after, and bore an extravagant Price. This put me upon advifing our Printers to fet a- bout a new Edition j and I doubt not but it will anfwer the Expecta¬ tion of the Purchafers as well as the Editors. The utmofl: Care has been taken in correcting the nume¬ rous Errors of the Italian Editions, which often puzzled the Authors Meaning. And the Quotations, which for the moll: Part were made wrong, are here reftored to their proper Places: And there is added to the whole a molt copious, beau¬ tiful, and ufeful Index, replete with every Particular which relates to this