Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: With observations concerning sea-bathing, and on the use of mineral waters. To which is annexed a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan ; With considerable additions, and various notes; by A.P. Buchan.
- Buchan William, 1729-1805.
- Date:
- 1807
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: With observations concerning sea-bathing, and on the use of mineral waters. To which is annexed a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan ; With considerable additions, and various notes; by A.P. Buchan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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