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A63810 A treatise of cleanness in meats and drinks of the preparation of food, the excellency of good airs and the benefits of clean sweet beds also of the generation of bugs and their cure : to which is added, a short discourse of the pain in the teeth shewing from what cause it does chiefly proceed, and also how to prevent it / by Tho. Tryon. Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703. 1682 (1682) Wing T3196; ESTC R3110 16,807 24

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