Brocklehurst, James (fl. 1835-1845)

Prescription book, containing prescriptions numbered 3366-4971 and, in a new series begun from the rear of the volume, 1-571. Months of the year are not named, but numbered according to Quaker practice. Included are numerous prescriptions written by Charles Clay, Sir James Lomax Bardsley, and other Manchester practitioners. Also included are prescriptions of a veterinary nature. Interspersed with the prescriptions are recipes, including recipes for cholera, 1848-66. Signature of James Brocklehurst on the front paste-down.

1844-1873

1 volume 1 volume: 335 × 107 mm., 239 ff. Original leather binding, damaged.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).