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Loimologia: or an historical account of the Plague in London in 1665: with precautionary directions against the like contagion ... To which is added an Essay on the different causes of pestilential diseases, and how they become contagious: with remarks on the infection now in France and the most probable means to prevent it spreading here. By John Quincy / [Nathaniel Hodges].

  • Hodges, Nathaniel, 1629-1688
Date:
1720
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Loimologia: or an historical account of the Plague in London in 1665: with precautionary directions against the like contagion ... To which is added an Essay on the different causes of pestilential diseases, and how they become contagious: with remarks on the infection now in France and the most probable means to prevent it spreading here. By John Quincy / [Nathaniel Hodges]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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