Thomas Frewen: Medical Treatise

Scope and Content

'Encheiridion: technicum ad memoriam acuendam in re medica', written not earlier than November 1761, 98 folios. The MS is probably a first draft of Physiologia: or the doctrine of nature, where substantial portions of the present treatise are repeated without alteration. The author's bookplate is inside the front cover and his printed stamp is impressed on page 1.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented by W.M. Palmer, 1935.

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