The juice of the grape: or, wine preferable to water. A treatise, wherein wine is shewn to be the grand preserver of health, and restorer in most diseases : with many instances of cures perform'd by this noble remedy, and the method of using it, as well for prevention as cure with a word of advice to vintners / By a Fellow of the College [i.e. P. Shaw].
- Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763.
- Date:
- 1724
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The juice of the grape: or, wine preferable to water. A treatise, wherein wine is shewn to be the grand preserver of health, and restorer in most diseases : with many instances of cures perform'd by this noble remedy, and the method of using it, as well for prevention as cure with a word of advice to vintners / By a Fellow of the College [i.e. P. Shaw]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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