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The Cure of Old Age, and Preservation of Youth
An English translation of a medieval Latin treatise on delaying the effects of old age that circulated under Roger Bacon's name. It shows how the alchemical and medical hope of prolonging life was still read and published in the age of the Royal Society.
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