James Lewis Hunt pharmaceutical recipe book : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Hunt, James Lewis, 1807-1884, compiler.

Contributor:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.

Pharmacy.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Recipes.

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by De Simone Company (Washington, D.C.), 2021.

Physical Description:

1 volume (86 pages) ; 19 x 15 cm

Production:

Hingham, Massachusetts, 1847.

Summary:

This volume contains 73 pharmaceutical recipes mostly written in pharmaceutical notation by James Lewis Hunt in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1847.It is bound in quarter leather with paper cover boards. There is damage to the binding and the initials “JLH” are stamped on the front cover. There are also several blank pages (p. 32-78).Examples of recipes include Hooper’s cough drops (p. 6), Cox’s hive syrup (p. 7), Dover’s powder (p. 8), Stoughton’s bitters (p. 8), Spearing’s liniment (p. 10), Turlington’s balsam of life (p. 11), Hardy’s bitters (p. 11), emmenagogue pill (p. 18, 23), dysentery cordial (p. 21), cholera (p. 25), and dose for a child (p. 26). This volume also includes a list of the medicines the creator had in stock, titled “Medison Chest Stock” (P. 82-83). There are two pages laid in at the back cover that contain definitions for different types of medicines, such as narcotics, astringents, and antacids.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Cited as:

James Lewis Hunt Pharmaceutical Recipe Book (Ms. Codex 2236). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1467951982