A plain and easie method for preserving [by God's blessing] those that are well from the infection of the plague, or any contagious distemper in city, camp, fleet, &c. and for curing such as are infected with it. Written in the year 1666 / By Tho. Willis ... With a poem on the virtue of a laurel leaf for curing of a rheumatism. By W[illiam] B[olton]. Never before printed.

  • Thomas Willis
Date:
1691
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A plain and easie method for preserving [by God's blessing] those that are well from the infection of the plague, or any contagious distemper in city, camp, fleet, &c. and for curing such as are infected with it. Written in the year 1666 / By Tho. Willis ... With a poem on the virtue of a laurel leaf for curing of a rheumatism. By W[illiam] B[olton]. Never before printed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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