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A54498 A treatise of Lewisham (but vulgarly miscalled Dulwich) wells in Kent shewing the time and manner of their discovery, the minerals with which they are impregnated, the several diseases experience hath found them good for, with directions for the use of them, &c. / by John Peter, physician. Peter, John. 1680 (1680) Wing P1691; ESTC R13465 37,829 138

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