TO THE MEN

OF SPLENDID BIRTH,

OF FAMED ERUDITION, AND OF THE

PRAISE OF HUMANITY

MOST EXCELLENT

MR. JOHANN HANS HARDER,

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND MEDICINE, PROFESSOR

OF RHETORIC,

IN THE ACADEMY OF BASEL,

RESPECTED DEAN

OF THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY,

PHYSICIAN TO THE SERENE PRINCE OF BADEN,

AND MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES original: "S. R. I. Naturae Curiosorum"; the Holy Roman Empire's society for the study of natural history.,

CALLED PAEON A title referring to the physician of the gods in Greek mythology.,

AND

MR. JOHANN CONRAD PEYER,

A MOST CELEBRATED PHYSICIAN

AMONG THE PEOPLE OF SCHAFFHAUSEN,

MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES,

CALLED PYTHAGORAS,

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