Volume 1
The history of epidemics. In seven books / [Hippocrates] ; translated into English from the Greek, with notes and observations, and a preliminary dissertation on the nature and cause of infection, by Samuel Farr.
- Epidemics
- Date:
- 1780
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history of epidemics. In seven books / [Hippocrates] ; translated into English from the Greek, with notes and observations, and a preliminary dissertation on the nature and cause of infection, by Samuel Farr. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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