Wellcome's Medical Diary and Visiting List.

Depiction of the God Bes, protector of childbirth and young children, with description. Decorations in book are based on ancient Egyptian monuments of the Middle Kingdom and onwards to the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty, c. 2000-1580 BC.

1938

1 copy. Wallet style, bound in Morocco leather with wallet to hold a pen. Endpapers printed in light brown with cream printed unicorns. Text block machine made paper, text printed in black, paper pre lined with blue and brown printing ink. The Diary has all three edges in red. Embossed blind on spine '1938' and embossed unicorn on front, embossed 'Wellcome's Medical Dairy 1938' on flap. There is a blue tape bookmark printed ''WELLCOME' CHEMICALS PAGE 323. PRICE LIST PAGE 331' printed in dark blue. The tape has an advert attached to it, in the form of a paper; box and tube of Wellcome Ryzamin-B, on other side, box and bottle of Sulphonamide-P.

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