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Receipt-Book, 18th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Receipt-Book, 18th century
- Date:
- c. 1765
- Reference:
- MS.4058
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Description
Collection of medical receipts, with some miscellaneous receipts. The first 4 ll. contain receipts for the cure of the bite of a mad dog.
Publication/Creation
c. 1765
Physical description
1 volume 2 bl. ll. + 12 ll. + 110 bl. ll. 8vo. 161/2 × 10 cm. Original blind-stamped calf binding.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1928.
Notes
The work by Dr. Daniel Peter Layard [1721-1803] is quoted on the second leaf: this was published in 1762.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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Accession number
- 75673