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The haven of health,... chiefely gathered for the comfort of students, and consequently of all those that have a care of their health, amplified upon five words of Hippocrates, written Epid. 6, labor, cibus, potio, somnus, Venus. Hereunto is added a preservation from the pestilence, with a short censure of the late sickness at Oxford / By Thomas Coghan.

  • Thomas Cogan
Date:
1636
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Credit: The haven of health,... chiefely gathered for the comfort of students, and consequently of all those that have a care of their health, amplified upon five words of Hippocrates, written Epid. 6, labor, cibus, potio, somnus, Venus. Hereunto is added a preservation from the pestilence, with a short censure of the late sickness at Oxford / By Thomas Coghan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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