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A42906 Various injuries & abuses in chymical and Galenical physick, committed both by physicians & apothecaries, detected for the benefit of such, who being conscientious and studious in physick, aim chiefly at the welfare of the sick, and of those patients, whether rich or poor, who are willing to preserve their lives & healths / by Robert Godfrey, Med. Londinensis. Godfrey, Robert, Med. Londinensis. 1674 (1674) Wing G927; ESTC R21846 100,532 224

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