The Abyssinian philosophy confuted: or, telluris theoria neither sacred, nor agreeable to reason. Being, for the most part, a translation of Petrus [i.e. Bernardino] Ramazzini, Of the wonderful springs of Modena / Illustrated with many curious remarks and experiments by the author and translator. To which is added, a new hypothesis deduced from Scripture, and the observation of nature. With the addition of some miscellany experiments. By Robert St. Clair. M.D.

Bernardino Ramazzini

Date:: 1697

Credit: The Abyssinian philosophy confuted: or, telluris theoria neither sacred, nor agreeable to reason. Being, for the most part, a translation of Petrus [i.e. Bernardino] Ramazzini, Of the wonderful springs of Modena / Illustrated with many curious remarks and experiments by the author and translator. To which is added, a new hypothesis deduced from Scripture, and the observation of nature. With the addition of some miscellany experiments. By Robert St. Clair. M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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