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A35394 Culpeper's school of physick, or, The experimental practice of the whole art wherein are contained all inward diseases from the head to the foot, with their proper and effectuall cures, such diet set down as ought to be observed in sickness or in health : with other safe wayes for preserving of life ... / by Nich. Culpeper ... ; the narrative of the authors life is prefixed, with his nativity calculated, together with the testimony of his late wife, Mrs Alice Culpeper, and others.; School of physick Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.; Gadbury, John, 1627-1704. Nativity of Nicholas Culpeper. 1659 (1659) Wing C7544; ESTC R9312 234,529 544

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