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A51671 Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum, or, A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases : obtained by labour, confirmed by practice, and published out of good will to mankind : being a work of great use for the publick / written originally in Latine by ... Hadrianus à Mynsicht ...; and faithfully rendred into English by John Partridge ... Mynsicht, Adrian von, 1603-1638.; Partridge, John, 1644-1715. 1682 (1682) Wing M3177; ESTC R32114 234,932 432

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