An essay on regimen. Together with five discourses, medical, moral, and philosophical: serving to illustrate the principles and theory of philosophical medicin [sic], and point out some of its moral consequences / By George Cheyne.
- George Cheyne
- Date:
- 1753
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay on regimen. Together with five discourses, medical, moral, and philosophical: serving to illustrate the principles and theory of philosophical medicin [sic], and point out some of its moral consequences / By George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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