A treatise concerning the influence of the sun and moon upon human bodies, and the diseases thereby produced / by Richard Mead ... ; Translated from the Latin, under the author's inspection, by Thomas Stack.
- Richard Mead
- Date:
- 1748
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise concerning the influence of the sun and moon upon human bodies, and the diseases thereby produced / by Richard Mead ... ; Translated from the Latin, under the author's inspection, by Thomas Stack. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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