The friendly physician. A new treatise: containing rules, schemes, and particular instructions, how to select and furnish small chests with the most approved necessary medicines; and full directions how to apply them. To which are added many excellent receipts for particular disorders / [Francis Spilsbury].

  • Spilsbury, Francis
Date:
1773
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Credit: The friendly physician. A new treatise: containing rules, schemes, and particular instructions, how to select and furnish small chests with the most approved necessary medicines; and full directions how to apply them. To which are added many excellent receipts for particular disorders / [Francis Spilsbury]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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