Volume 1

A practical essay on fevers : containing remarks on the hot and cool methods of their cure, wherein the first is rejected, and the last recommended. To which is annex'd A dissertation on the Bath-waters / By William Oliver.

  • Oliver, William, 1659-1716.
Date:
1704
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Credit: A practical essay on fevers : containing remarks on the hot and cool methods of their cure, wherein the first is rejected, and the last recommended. To which is annex'd A dissertation on the Bath-waters / By William Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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