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Germ theory.- N[eedham] (M[archmont]) Medela Medicinae. A Plea For the Free Possession, and a
Germ theory.- N[eedham] (M[archmont]) Medela Medicinae. A Plea For the Free Possession, and a
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Germ theory.- N[eedham] (M[archmont]) Medela Medicinae. A Plea For the Free Possession, and a Renovation of the Art of Physick, first edition, initial licence leaf, old ink stamp on title, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Wing N397; Garrison-Morton 2529], 8vo, Printed for Richard Lownds, 1665.*** The author (1620-78, alternative spelling Marchamont Nedham) was a journalist and pamphleteer during the English Civil War. This work is an attack on the outmoded methods of the College of Physicians and includes an early account, perhaps the first by an English writer, of the germ theory, based on Athanasius Kircher's experiment (see chapter V).Provenance: James Master (ink name on licence leaf); College of Physicians (ink stamp to title).
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Germ theory.- N[eedham] (M[archmont]) Medela Medicinae. A Plea For the Free Possession, and a

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