Volume 1
A medical dissertation concerning the effects of the passions on human bodies : first published in Latin, at Leyden, on the 31st of July, 1727 ... and now republished in English, with a preface, the aphorisms of Sanctorius to which it refers, and some notes illustrating the subject / By William Clark.
- William Clark
- Date:
- 1752
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A medical dissertation concerning the effects of the passions on human bodies : first published in Latin, at Leyden, on the 31st of July, 1727 ... and now republished in English, with a preface, the aphorisms of Sanctorius to which it refers, and some notes illustrating the subject / By William Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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