An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout together with an account of the nature and quality of Bath waters, the manner of using them and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne].
- George Cheyne
- Date:
- 1723
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout together with an account of the nature and quality of Bath waters, the manner of using them and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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