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Alleyne, Philip. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Alleyne, Philip
- Alleyne, Philip
- Date:
- Middle 16th century
- Reference:
- MS.38
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Description
Medical note-book, containing entries on urines, general medical practice, etc.; with a number of receipts, prescriptions and remedies: Written by several hands.
Ff. 3-33 On urines: in English, arranged by question and answer.
22v-30 On humours, etc.: in English and Latin.
31-99 General practice of medicine: in English and Latin.
101-153 Medical receipts in English.
154-end Notes on pharmacy, therapeutics, receipts, etc.: in Latin and English.
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?].
Publication/Creation
Middle 16th century
Physical description
1 volume 182 ll. 8vo. 141/2 x 91/2 cm. Original stamped calf binding much wormed and damaged. The last leaf is a fragment only.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased 1928.
Finding aids
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).
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Accession number
- 48805