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Prescription book. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Prescription book
- Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705
- Date:
- 1700-1701
- Reference:
- MS.3085
- Part of:
- Bacon Frank Manuscript Collection, and associated material
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Description
Prescription book. Compiler's holograph MS. This physician's practice appears to have been extensive and varied: in April, 1701 there are entries for prescriptions for medicines ordered for the Duchess of Norfolk, and 'to the man at the "Black Dog" '. 'A medical note-book of N. Johnston' is entered in the 'Appendix' (p. 462b), as part of the F. Bacon Frank MSS. Produced in London.
Publication/Creation
1700-1701
Physical description
1 volume 246 ff. (last 28 bl.). obl. 12mo. 9 × 20 cm. Original calf binding.
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Acquisition note
Purchased at Sotheby's 11/8/1942, Lot 18 (part).
Notes
This MS. appears to be the one recorded in the 'Sixth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1877' [c. 1745].
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
- 92448C