An essay on the nature and properties of water, shewing its prodigious use; and proving it to be an universal medicine ... / By Frederick Hoffman.
- Friedrich Hoffmann
- Date:
- 1761
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay on the nature and properties of water, shewing its prodigious use; and proving it to be an universal medicine ... / By Frederick Hoffman. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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