Volume 172102
Some observations concerning the plague: with ... reference to the ... discourse of ... Dr. Mead, concerning pestilential contagion ... / By a Well-wisher to the publick.
- Date:
- 1721
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Some observations concerning the plague: with ... reference to the ... discourse of ... Dr. Mead, concerning pestilential contagion ... / By a Well-wisher to the publick. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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