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A12656 A declaration of such greiuous accidents as commonly follow the biting of mad dogges, together with the cure thereof, by Thomas Spackman Doctor of Physick Spackman, Thomas. 1613 (1613) STC 22977; ESTC S117713 45,532 96

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