Three dissertations ; on the pernicious effects of gaming, on duelling, and on suicide / First pub. in 1783, 1784, 1785, by appointment; as having gained, in the University of Cambridge, the three prizes of an anonymos donor. By Richard Hey. Rev. and cor., in 1811, by the author.

  • Hey, Richard, 1745-1835.
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1812
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Credit: Three dissertations ; on the pernicious effects of gaming, on duelling, and on suicide / First pub. in 1783, 1784, 1785, by appointment; as having gained, in the University of Cambridge, the three prizes of an anonymos donor. By Richard Hey. Rev. and cor., in 1811, by the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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