Volume 2

The path-way to health : wherein are to be found most excellent and approved medicines ... as also notable potions and drinks, with the art of distilling ... waters, for making of oyls, and other comfortable receits for the health of the body ... / now newly corrected and augmented.

  • Levens, Peter, active 1587
Date:
1654
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The path-way to health : wherein are to be found most excellent and approved medicines ... as also notable potions and drinks, with the art of distilling ... waters, for making of oyls, and other comfortable receits for the health of the body ... / now newly corrected and augmented. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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