A treatise of the spleen and vapours: or, hypocondriacal and hysterical affections. With three discourses on the nature and cure of the cholick, melancholy, and palsies ... / Never before published. Written by Sir Richard Blackmore.

  • Blackmore, Richard, Sir, 1654-1729.
Date:
1725
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Credit: A treatise of the spleen and vapours: or, hypocondriacal and hysterical affections. With three discourses on the nature and cure of the cholick, melancholy, and palsies ... / Never before published. Written by Sir Richard Blackmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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