The History of Physick

The History of Physick
by John Freind
Adopted by
Winfred O. Ward
in honor of his family
on July 1, 2010

The history of physick : from the time of Galen to the beginning of the sixteenth century : chiefly with regard to practice, in a discourse written to Doctor Mead

By John Freind. London: Printed for J. Walthoe ..., 1726-1727.

The two volumes contain a comprehensive overview on the history of medicine from the ancient Greek and Roman times to the beginning of the sixteenth century. (The word 'physick,' in the eighteenth century still meant 'medicine.') This is the second edition of this work, corrected and improved.

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