The history of generation. Examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Discourse of bodies ... To which is joyned a Discourse of the cure of wounds by sympathy ... especially by ... Sir Gilbert Talbots powder / By Nath. Highmore.

Nathaniel Highmore

Date:: 1651

Credit: The history of generation. Examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Discourse of bodies ... To which is joyned a Discourse of the cure of wounds by sympathy ... especially by ... Sir Gilbert Talbots powder / By Nath. Highmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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