Pyretologia : a rational account of the cause & cure of agues, with their signes, diagnostick & prognostick.
- Robert Tabor
- Date:
- 1672
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pyretologia : a rational account of the cause & cure of agues, with their signes, diagnostick & prognostick. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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