The English malady: or, a treatise of nervous diseases of all kinds, as spleen, vapours, lowness of spirits, hypochondriacal, and hysterical distempers, &c. In three parts. ... : with the author's own case at large / by George Cheyne.
- George Cheyne
- Date:
- 1735
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The English malady: or, a treatise of nervous diseases of all kinds, as spleen, vapours, lowness of spirits, hypochondriacal, and hysterical distempers, &c. In three parts. ... : with the author's own case at large / by George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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