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A80289 The compleat doctoress: or, A choice treatise of all diseases insident to women. With experimentall remedies against the same. Being safe in the composition. Pleasant in the use. Effectuall in the operation. Faithfully translated out of Latine into English for a common good 1656 (1656) Wing C5638AE; ESTC R224420 90,956 267

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