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Medicinal experiments: or, a collection of choice and safe remedies : for the most part simple, and easily prepar'd: very useful in families, and fitted for the service of country-people. / by the Honourable R. Boyle, Esq.; late Fellow of the Royal Society. In three parts. Containing above five hundred choice receipts.

  • Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
Date:
1712
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medicinal experiments: or, a collection of choice and safe remedies : for the most part simple, and easily prepar'd: very useful in families, and fitted for the service of country-people. / by the Honourable R. Boyle, Esq.; late Fellow of the Royal Society. In three parts. Containing above five hundred choice receipts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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