A choice manuall of rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery. Collected and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countess of Kent, late deceased / Whereto are added several experiments of the virtues of Gascon pouder and Lapis contra Yarvam, by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite wayes of preserving, conserving, candying, &c.

  • Elizabeth Grey
Date:
1659
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Credit: A choice manuall of rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery. Collected and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countess of Kent, late deceased / Whereto are added several experiments of the virtues of Gascon pouder and Lapis contra Yarvam, by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite wayes of preserving, conserving, candying, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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