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Lidén Number 136
Respondent: Daniel Weser (1743-1784)
Title: ... de Hirudine, ...
Date of Defense: {6} May {March} 1764 {1765}
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1]
Lidén Title: Hirudo.
Soulsby Title: Hirudo
Drake Title: De Hirudine.
Note: All three copies have the date on the title
Abstract: An essay on the use and efficacy of leeches for blood-letting, including the anatomy and natural history of leeches, the means of obtaining them and the opinions of the ancients.