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A gentle dose for the fool turn'd physician. Or a brief reply to Blagraves ravings. / By Rob. Bateman the true preparer of the right approved spirits of scurvy-grass, famous throughout the nation for their admirable effects in the scurvy, dropsy, and several other distempers.

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Main Author:	Bateman, Robert, pharmacist
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[London : publisher not identified 1680?]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Blagrave, Charles. > Directions for the golden purging spirit of scurvey-grass. Being only prepared by me Charles Blagrave physician > Early works to 1800. Advertising > Medicine > England > Early works to 1800. Broadsides > England > 17th century. Medicine > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions > Early works to 1800. Quacks and quackery > England > Early works to 1800. Scurvy > England > Early works to 1800.
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