Medical Recipe book/Commonplace Book

[i-vi] Index to volume
[vii] Notes "Taxes in Marylebone Division", 1810/1811
pp.1-147 Medical/household recipes, with a few veterinary, and transcripts of letters, in various hands - some attributed to named doctors and lay practitioners, some for specific patients. Includes p. 3 "Dr Kennedy's praescript for venereal Complaints" (another p. 43), also "Ink"; p 16 "To Make Usequbaugh"; account of a specific case, Leyden, 1736; p. 88 "Admission of patients into the Bath Hospital"; p. 135-6 "To make Pomade Divine/The Virtues of Pomade Divine"; pp. 143-4 "Fatal Effects of eating Champignons", Mitcham, 7 Oct 1808;
Mostly non-culinary, but p. 70 has recipe for " A Jelly of Black Berries"
pp. 148-259 blank

The pages towards the end of the volume appear to be in the nature of a commonplace bookL
p. 259 "Mr and Mrs Hoare's consolatory letter" 25 Jan 1816; (fairer copy on p. 263)
pp. 260-262 Poem "On Happiness" see also pp. 283-5
p. 264 Poem "On Peace"
pp. 265-266 "A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the late Victory at Waterloo", "Prayer for the King"< br> pp 268-281 assorted extracts, including on the medical profession, pp. 274-5
p. 286 "The Murmurs of the Oak: Epigram"
pp 287-298 Further extracts and maxims
p 295 Poem "Sketch of a Character, attempted on the loss of a much respected friend"
pp. 300-310 "Invoice for an E I Chest 1767 for the Queen East India Ship commanded by Capn. Geo. Stainforth"
pp. 311-339 - More extracts - pp. 327-335 "Religious"
p. 340 " A Hymn on Peace"
pp. 341-342 Poem "To William Cheselden Esqr, Surgeon, on his many dextrous and successful operations"
p. 343 "Contentment a Song"
pp. 344-348 Extracts
pp. 349-368 blank
p. 369 "Moral Truths from the Diary Augst 18th 1790 Addressed to the Rich"
Loose leaf inserted "Receipt for Mr Adair who had a defect of sight", with covering note to Mr Paterson, Lower Mitcham, 4 May 1813

1736-1816

1 volume Green leatherbound volume, 25 cm x 19 cm, 369 pages, 7 unno leaves at front of volume, some loose inserted pages; inscribed inside front cover, "This book for Vivian"

Purchased from Bonhams, Oxford, Feb 2010, formerly in the Francis D. Klingender collection.