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A64574 Otto Tachenius his Hippocrates chymicus discovering the ancient foundation of the late viperine salt with his Clavis thereunto annexed translated by J.W.; Antiquissimae Hipprocraticae medicinae clavis. English. Tachenius, Otto, d. ca. 1670.; J. W. 1690 (1690) Wing T98A; ESTC R219149 222,349 309

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