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Title: The commentaries upon the aphorisms of Dr. Herman Boërhaave, the late learned professor of physick in the University of Leyden : concerning the knowledge and cure of the several diseases incident to human bodies
Year: 1759 (1750s)
Authors: Swieten, Gerard, Freiherr van, 1700-1772
Subjects: Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738 Medicine Medicine Medicine
Publisher: London : Printed for John Knapton, in Ludgate-Street
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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