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A69834 Galen's art of physick ... translated into English, and largely commented on : together with convenient medicines for all particular distempers of the parts, a description of the complexions, their conditions, and what diet and exercise is fittest for them / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent. ...; Technē iatrikē. English Galen.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. 1652 (1652) Wing C7517; Wing G159; ESTC R22670 55,815 130

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