Nottice sur quelques plantes médicinales. Followed by a collection of medical and miscellaneous receipts: in French

The first section contains notes on 208 medicinal plants and their uses. This is followed by a collection on medical and miscellaneous receipts (18 pp.), by a later hand: the date 1795 is found on p. 10. P. 19 to the end of the volume contains 165 receipts in all, of which 1-161 are by the original hand, and four at the end by the second hand. Of those Nos. 114-160 are for various mercurial preparations.

c. 1785-1795

1 volume 39 ll. + 19 pp. + 70 ll. (last 3 bl.). 4to. 191/2 × 15 cm. Original calf-gilt binding with flap and brass lock, the upper part of which has been cut out: green silk end-papers. Headings in red. Written mostly on pages of a green-lined cash book in which the date 1783 is found on a stump facing Receipt No. 10 of the third section.

Purchased 1933.

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).