Pidax Petreia, or, The disc[ov]erie of S. Peters well, [a]t Peter-head, in Scotland : being in latitude 57.d.43.m. and in longitude 22.d.40.m. : shewing the admirable vertues thereof, against many deplorable diseases / by A.M. student in medicine.

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Pidax Petreia, or, The disc[ov]erie of S. Peters well, [a]t Peter-head, in Scotland : being in latitude 57.d.43.m. and in longitude 22.d.40.m. : shewing the admirable vertues thereof, against many deplorable diseases / by A.M. student in medicine.