Physick for the sicknesse, commonly called the plague. With all the particular signes and symptoms, whereof the most are too ignorant / Collected, out of the choycest authors, and confirmed with good experience. for the benefit and preservation of all, both rich and poore Stephen Bradwell.

  • Bradwell, Stephen.
Date:
1636
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Credit: Physick for the sicknesse, commonly called the plague. With all the particular signes and symptoms, whereof the most are too ignorant / Collected, out of the choycest authors, and confirmed with good experience. for the benefit and preservation of all, both rich and poore Stephen Bradwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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