An elenchus of opinions concerning the cure of small pox : together with problematicall questions concerning the French pest / by T. Whitaker.

Tobias Whitaker

Date:: 1661

Credit: An elenchus of opinions concerning the cure of small pox : together with problematicall questions concerning the French pest / by T. Whitaker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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