A booke of receipts phisicall and chirurgicall

A Booke of receipts phisicall and chirurgicall. Volume 1st. This MS. is written by the same hand throughout, and was probably compiled by a physician.

Late 17th century

1 volume 2 ll. + 186 pp. + 7 ll. 12mo. 16 x 10 cm. Original calf binding, with silk ties. Lower margin of last leaf torn away.

Presented by James Herbert Stowers.

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).

Signature of William Hutchinson 1731 on the first leaf, and inside the lower cover. Below this 'I bought it of the widow of William Willard of South Bourne. R.M.C.'. The upper cover contains the signature of 'John Lirock'; and beneath this in red, 'To J[ames] H[erbert] Stowers [ -1932] from H[arry] S[peakman] Webb [1828-1911] 1895'.