Domestic Medicine; Or, The Family Physician: A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by Regimen and Simple Medicines: with an Appendix, Containing a Dispensatory for the Use of Private PractitionersG. Miller, Dunbar, and East Lothian Printing-Office, Haddington, 1817 - Medicine, Popular - 556 pages |
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Domestic Medicine, Or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by ... William Buchan No preview available - 2017 |
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