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... a disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England , particularly Gloucestershire , and known by the name of the Cow Pox , " appeared in 1798 , in a small quarto of seventy - five pages . The author sets out with observing ...
... a disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England , particularly Gloucestershire , and known by the name of the Cow Pox , " appeared in 1798 , in a small quarto of seventy - five pages . The author sets out with observing ...
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