The good Samaritan; or complete English physician: containing observations on the most frequent diseases ... with directions for the management of the sick: and a collection of ... receipts ... To which is added, a method of restoring to life persons thought drowned, or ... suffocated / [Theophilus Lobb].

  • Theophilus Lobb
Date:
[1764?]
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Credit: The good Samaritan; or complete English physician: containing observations on the most frequent diseases ... with directions for the management of the sick: and a collection of ... receipts ... To which is added, a method of restoring to life persons thought drowned, or ... suffocated / [Theophilus Lobb]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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