An address to the public on the danger of neglecting common coughs and colds : with simple and efficacious methods of cure : with additions and selections from the most eminent authors who have written on the subject / by W. Hickman.

Hickman, William, of Henley-on-Thames

Date:: [1810?]

Credit: An address to the public on the danger of neglecting common coughs and colds : with simple and efficacious methods of cure : with additions and selections from the most eminent authors who have written on the subject / by W. Hickman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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