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A34110 Naturall philosophie reformed by divine light, or, A synopsis of physicks by J.A. Comenius ... ; with a briefe appendix touching the diseases of the body, mind, and soul, with their generall remedies, by the same author.; Physicae ad lumen divinum reformatae synopsis. English Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. 1651 (1651) Wing C5522; ESTC R7224 114,530 304

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