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MS.38. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
MS.38
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Description
[p]Medical note-book, containing entries on urines, general medical practice, etc.; with a number of receipts, prescriptions and remedies: Written by several hands.
[p]Ff. 3-33 On urines: in English, arranged by question and answer.
[p]22v-30 On humours, etc.: in English and Latin.
[p]31-99 General practice of medicine: in English and Latin.
[p]101-153 Medical receipts in English.
[p]154-end Notes on pharmacy, therapeutics, receipts, etc.: in Latin and English.
[p]The name 'Alleyne' is an uncertain reading. On the verso of the first leaf is an inscription 'master allyns[?] his Booke' and on the second leaf is another inscription 'Philipo alleyno[?] Pastori in andeuera' [Andover?].
Physical description
182 ll. 8vo. 141/2 x 91/2 cm. Original stamped calf binding much wormed and damaged. The last leaf is a fragment only.; leaf dimensions: width cm, length cm; written dimensions: width cm, length cm
Acquisition note
Purchased 1928.
Language note
English.
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Location Status Access Closed stores