Volume 1

Every man his own physician : being, a complete collection of efficacious and approved remedies, for every disease incident to the human body, with plain instructions for their common use / By John Theobald. Compiled at the command of the Duke of Cumberland.

  • Theobald, John, -1760.
Date:
1766
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Every man his own physician : being, a complete collection of efficacious and approved remedies, for every disease incident to the human body, with plain instructions for their common use / By John Theobald. Compiled at the command of the Duke of Cumberland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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