A confidential communication of the enemy of human diseases : For the service of the afflicted applying to him: for whom alone is intended this supplementary reflection concerning the cause of human miseries, and the prevalent infirmities of their minds and bodies. To which is prefixed various vindications and detections ... / By Sylvan, enemy to human diseases.

  • Sylvan, pseud.
Date:
1815
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Credit: A confidential communication of the enemy of human diseases : For the service of the afflicted applying to him: for whom alone is intended this supplementary reflection concerning the cause of human miseries, and the prevalent infirmities of their minds and bodies. To which is prefixed various vindications and detections ... / By Sylvan, enemy to human diseases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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