Context

Natural history

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• Stuart, James, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland (1616) A counterblaste to tobacco. In: The workes of the most high and mightie prince, James
• Watson W (1768) An account of a series of experiments, instituted with a view of ascertaining the most successful method of inoculating the smallpox.
• Bigelow J (1835) A discourse on self-limited diseases, delivered before the Massachusetts Medical Society at their annual meeting, May 27, 1835.
• Holmes OW (1861) Currents and countercurrents in medical science with other addresses and essays.
• Bennett JH (1865) The restorative treatment of pneumonia.