New discoveries relating to the cure of cancers. Wherein ... causticks are rejected, and ... dissolving the cancerous substance is recommended ... To which is added, a solution of some curious problems, concerning the same disease / [William Beckett].

Beckett, William, 1684-1738

Date:: 1712

Credit: New discoveries relating to the cure of cancers. Wherein ... causticks are rejected, and ... dissolving the cancerous substance is recommended ... To which is added, a solution of some curious problems, concerning the same disease / [William Beckett]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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