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A50457 Useful discoveries and practical observations, in some late remarkable cures of the scurvy. By E. Maynwaringe, Dr. in Physick. Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699? 1668 (1668) Wing M1518; ESTC R217779 22,967 63

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