Dr. William S. Hendrie medical recipe book : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Hedrie, William S., Dr., 1798-1875, compiler.

Contributor:

Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Formulas, recipes, etc.

Medicine.

Medicine--Formulas, receipts, prescriptions.

Pharmacy.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bartleby's Books (Wilmington, VT), 2021.

Physical Description:

1 volume (16 pages) ; 22 x 17 cm

Production:

Hilltown, Pennsylvania, 1826-1834.

Summary:

This volume contains around 80 medicinal remedies that are both pharmaceutical and homely in nature, likely written and compiled by Dr. William S. Hendrie between 1826 and 1834. The volume is a handmade and stitched notebook with blue paper covers. There are two receipts laid into the volume and one meeting announcement for the board of trustees of a church. Both receipts are from a Dr. William S. Hendrie for medical care for members of the Mathias Family. Examples of remedies in this volume include paralysis (p. 4), for gonorrhoea (gonorrhea) (p. 5), Dr. Chapman’ favorite formula for gonorrhoea (gonorrhea) (p. 6), Dr. James’ formula for heartburn (p. 6), Moseley’s vitriolic lotion (p. 7), Dr. Dorsey’s colyria for active inflammation of eye (p. 7), Dalby’s carminative (p. 12), Dr. Jackson’s anodyne draught (p. 12), and anti-hysteria pill (p. 12).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

Cited as:

Dr. William S. Hendrie Medical Recipe Book (Ms. Codex 2252). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1501130884