A treatise of the spleen and vapours, or hypochondriacal and hysterical affections. With three discourses on the nature and cure of the cholick, melancholy, and palsies ... / [Sir Richard Blackmore].

  • Blackmore, Richard, Sir, 1654-1729
Date:
1735
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Credit: A treatise of the spleen and vapours, or hypochondriacal and hysterical affections. With three discourses on the nature and cure of the cholick, melancholy, and palsies ... / [Sir Richard Blackmore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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