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A15052 The tree of humane life, or, The bloud of the grape Proving the possibilitie of maintaining humane life from infancy to extreme old age without any sicknesse by the use of wine. By Tobias Whitaker Doctor in Physick of London. Whitaker, Tobias, d. 1666. 1638 (1638) STC 25356; ESTC S119853 23,147 94

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