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Arzneibuch. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Arzneibuch
- Date:
- mid-18th century
- Reference:
- MS.991
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Description
ARZNEIBUCH worinn sicher Mittel für allerhand Krankheiten, und zugleich auch varia Secreta chymica befindlich. Nebst andere Kuriositäten mehr. In spite of the title as given above, the contents are almost entirely alchemical. Pp. 3-33 contain a long extract from the 'De lapide philosophorum' by Laurentius Ventura, which was first published at Basle in 1571: the remainder of the MS. consists of alchemical notes and receipts.
Publication/Creation
mid-18th century
Physical description
1 volume 48 pp. 4to. 23 x 171/2 cm. Unbound.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1929.
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
- 73841