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Stone, William ( -1852). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Stone, William ( -1852).
- Date:
- 1836
- Manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Collection of medical receipts, prescriptions, notes on materia medica, etc. The second fly-leaf at the beginning is inscribed 'W. Stone January 1836', and a number of entries are in the first person, initialled 'W.S.'. The compiler is probably Dr. William Stone of Leighton Buzzard, who died in 1852. On p. 203 is a receipt for a drink 'of my own! I have called the compound "Gingerade". W.S.' The earliest date given for this word in the Oxford English Dictionary is 1882. Produced in Leighton Buzzard.
Publication/Creation
1836.
Physical description
1 volume
16 leaves (last bl.). + pages 19-314. 4to. 19 ? ; 16 cm Original vellum binding. pages 1-18 and some leaves at the end have been torn out. The 16 leaves at the beginning contain an index on sheets of slightly smaller size. The paper is water-marked 1835, and the latest date found in the text is 1837 (page 266).
16 leaves (last bl.). + pages 19-314. 4to. 19 ? ; 16 cm Original vellum binding. pages 1-18 and some leaves at the end have been torn out. The 16 leaves at the beginning contain an index on sheets of slightly smaller size. The paper is water-marked 1835, and the latest date found in the text is 1837 (page 266).
Creator/production credits
Stone, William, d.1852.
Language note
In English.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesMS.4718