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  • Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.
  • A group of physicians stand by a cow that has died while 'aborting' a man; perhaps representing the potential effect of vaccination. Coloured etching.
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    La physique occulte, ou traité de la baguette divinatoire ... / [Anon].

    Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain), 1649-1721 | Date: 1747
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    Lettres qui decouvrent l'illusion des philosophes sur la baguette, et qui detruisent leurs systemes / [Anon].

    Lebrun, Pierre, 1661-1729. | Date: 1693
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    A group of physicians stand by a cow that has died while 'aborting' a man; perhaps representing the potential effect of vaccination. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 16150i
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    The divining rod : its history, truthfulness, and practical utility / by John Mullins and Sons, Colorne, Box, Wiltshire.

    John Mullins & Sons. | Date: 1894
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    La physique occulte, ou traité de la baguette divinatoire, et de son utilité pour la découverte des sources d'eau, des minières, des trésors cachez, des voleurs et des meurtriers fugitifs. Avec des principes qui expliquent les phenomènes les plus obscurs de la Nature ... / Augmenté en cette édition, d'un traité de la connoissance des causes magnétiques des cures sympathiques, des transplantations, et comment agissent les philtres. Par un curieux de la nature. Augmentée de plusieurs pièces. Par M.L.L. de Vallemont.

    Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain), 1649-1721 | Date: 1709
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