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Collection of medical tracts in verse and prose, mostly in Middle English (Leech-Books, III)

Date:
Early 15th century - late 16th century
Reference:
MS.406
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Collection of medical tracts in verse and prose, mostly in Middle English (Leech-Books, III). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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  • Untitled
  • 'Ars phlebotomandi'
  • List of days for bleeding, in Latin
  • Miscellaneous charms and receipts in Middle English
  • 'On the virtues of rosemary'
  • Numeration tables, Latin and Arabic, 1-9,000
  • Smerthwaytt, List of herbs
  • Medical receipts by several 16th century hands, in English
  • Antidotarie of helthe (c. 1575), in verse
  • Medical receipts by several 16th century hands, in English
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