A philosophical essay: declaring the probable causes, whence stones are produced in the greater world ... Being a prodromus to a medicinal tract concerning the causes, and cure of the stone in the kidneys, and bladders of men / Written by Dr. Thomas Sherley, Physitian in Ordinary to His Majesty.

Thomas Sherley

Date:: 1672

Credit: A philosophical essay: declaring the probable causes, whence stones are produced in the greater world ... Being a prodromus to a medicinal tract concerning the causes, and cure of the stone in the kidneys, and bladders of men / Written by Dr. Thomas Sherley, Physitian in Ordinary to His Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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