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Materia Medica 
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON 
Materia Medica 
and Therapeutics. 
By JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, A.M., M.D., IL.D., 
Professor of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, Therapeutics, and Clinical 
Medicine in the Medioo-Chirurgical College of 
Philadelphia, etc., etc. 
Fourth Edition. Thoroughly Revised and in 
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