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A43109 A description of the Duke's Bagnio, and of the mineral bath and new spaw thereunto belonging with an account of the use of sweating, rubbing, bathing, and the medicinal vertues of the spaw / by Sam. Haworth. Haworth, Samuel, fl. 1683. 1683 (1683) Wing H1191; ESTC R19389 26,483 126

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