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Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.

Sir John Hill. Stipple engraving after F. Cotes 1757.

Sir John Hill (above); and the White House at Kew (below). Engraving by G. Vendramini, 1799, after F. Cotes 1757.

An injured patient, John Hill, in bed surrounded by a group of physicians. Etching by Clyster-Pipe after Bolus M.D., 1752.

The letters and papers of Sir John Hill, 1714-1775 / edited with commentary by G.S. Rousseau.

Concubitus sine Lucina, ou le plaisir sans peine. Réponse à la lettre intitulée Lucina sine concubitu [by Abraham Johnson, i.e. Sir John Hill. Signed Richard Roe.] / [Richard Roe].

The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity / George Rousseau.

Libitina sine conflictu; or, a true narrative of the untimely death of Doctor Atall, who departed this life on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1752. With some account of his behaviour during his illness. And a faithful copy of his will, etc., etc / In a letter from a Member of Parliament to a person of fashion at Hanover.

The sick man's companion; or, useful director for unhealthy persons. Being an account of several innocent and valuable medicines / [John Hill].

The book of nature; or, the history of insects: reduced to distinct classes, confirmed by particular instances, displayed in the anatomical analysis of many species, and illustrated with copper-plates ... / by John Swammerdam, M.D. With the life of the author, by Herman Boerhaave, M.D. Translated from the Dutch and Latin original edition by Thomas Flloyd.

The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others ... the gravel, asthmas ... consumptions, etc / to which is prefix'd an account of the origin and nature of honey; its various kinds, English and foreign; and the marks which distinguish them: also a method to obtain honey as fine in England as from any part of the world; and the best ways of taking it. With the genuine receipt for the syrup of capillaire as made in Italy; and for the celebrated Aristaean confection. [Anon].

The sleep of plants, and cause of motion in the sensitive plant, explain'd ... In a letter to C. Linnaeus ... / [John Hill].

Virtues of British herbs. With the history, description, and figures, of the several kinds; an account of the diseases they will cure; the method of giving them; and management of the patients in each disease ... No. I ... / [John Hill].

The old man's guide to health and longer life: with rules for diet, exercise, and physick; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one / [Anon.] by J. Hill, M.D.

[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

The virtues of wild valerian in nervous disorders ... With directions for gathering and preserving the root; and for chusing the right kind when it is bought dry. Shewing that the uncertainty of effect in this valuable medicine, is owing to adulteration or ill management / [John Hill].

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The sleep of plants, and cause of motion in the sensitive plant, explain'd ... In a letter to C. Linnaeus ... / [John Hill].

Virtues of British herbs. With the history, description, and figures, of the several kinds; an account of the diseases they will cure; the method of giving them; and management of the patients in each disease ... No. I ... / [John Hill].

The old man's guide to health and longer life: with rules for diet, exercise, and physick; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one / [Anon.] by J. Hill, M.D.

[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

The virtues of wild valerian in nervous disorders ... With directions for gathering and preserving the root; and for chusing the right kind when it is bought dry. Shewing that the uncertainty of effect in this valuable medicine, is owing to adulteration or ill management / [John Hill].