Garside, J.

Collection of medical and miscellaneous receipts: including many transcribed from Dr. Alexander Read's 'Excellent and approved medicines and remedies [etc.]', London 1652. The transcript of Read's work occupies pp. 56-157. At the end 'Est scriptus per me J. Garside'. The book is recorded in the S.T.C. under R. 434: and is there dated 1652 [1651]. Pp. 160-162 contain receipts for horses. Besides the medical receipts, the compiler of the MS. had added a few epitaphs and verses, mostly in English, but some in Latin, pp. 169-171, 173, 185-the last 'An elegie upon the death of Sir Thomas Overbury ... in the Tower'. There are a few receipts added in 18th cent. hands, and many scribblings.

c. 1655

1 volume pp. 39-200 + 5 ll. folio. 291/2 × 20 cm. Original limp vellum covers, with flap. The first 38 pp. have been cut out, and pp. 113/114, 179-184 are missing. Some leaves have been cut out after p. 200, and there are two mutilated leaves among the 5 un-paginated leaves: many margins are badly frayed and damaged.

Purchased 1909.

A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of the Recipe books project.

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).

Various names, some perhaps of owners, are found in different parts of this MS.: Inside the upper cover Robert Charlton [Late 17th cent.]; pp. 42, 131. James Hollworth [c. 1725]; 135. John James Clough [c. 1735]; 144. John Haywood [c. 1735]; 147. Joseph Hadfield [c. 1735]; 194. James Barlow. 1732; R. Forall [?]. 1733; verso of leaf 2. William Williamson. 1747. Signature of Geo. C. Yates. Swindon [c. 1850] inside upper cover.