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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37944	A treatise concerning the plague and the pox discovering as well the meanes how to preserve from the danger of these infectious contagions, as also how to cure those which are infected with either of them.	Edwards, 17th cent.	1652 (1652)	Wing E190; ESTC R207034	72,684	132

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