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The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon : a history of the early inhabitants of Britain, down to the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity ; illustrated by the ancient remains brought to light by recent research / by Thomas Wright ; with numerous engravings on wood (1902)

Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877 · London : Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 316

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e block, generallywith an inscription on each of the four edges. In a few in-stances the stone is of an oblong form, and has only two in-scribed sides. The inscriptions are inverse and retrograde, andthey were evidently intended as stamps ; but when first noticed,they were a great puzzle to the… … Roman Medicine Stamp fi-om Kenchester [Magna.) maker of the medicine, that of the medicine itself, and thedisease for which it was intended as a specific. Prom theplaces in which they are found, the name appears to be gener-ally that of a medical practitioner in one of the principal towns,who…

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