A continuation of the Account of the nature, causes, symptoms and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people ... Being the third part of the work / [W. Cockburn].

  • William Cockburn
Date:
1697
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Credit: A continuation of the Account of the nature, causes, symptoms and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people ... Being the third part of the work / [W. Cockburn]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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