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Pharmaceutical recipe book, circa 1850-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume (+1 leaf)

Abstract:

A volume comprising pharmaceutical formulas and recipes for medicinal, hygienic, veterinary, and household purposes. The volume was probably written between 1850 to 1899 in or near London, England, possibly by a chemist or pharmacist.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Recipe book, circa 1750-1799 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

Abstract:

A volume comprised of medicinal and culinary recipes written in England by an unnamed author approximately from 1750-1700.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Medicinal recipe book, circa 1825 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

Abstract:

A volume comprised of medicinal remedies for a variety of ailments written by an unnamed author in England circa 1825.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Benjamin Rush lecture notes, 1783-1810, undated (inclusive)

Extent:

4.2 linear feet (5 boxes)

Abstract:

The Benjamin Rush lecture notes consist of 34 notebooks kept by medical students at the University of Pennsylvania, which record the content of academic lectures delivered by Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813). Rush, a socially and politically prominent physician who lived and practiced in Philadelphia, served as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1769 to 1813. The handwritten lecture notes in this collection (recorded between 1783 and 1810) present the era's conventional medical wisdom on the causes, symptoms and cures of a range of diseases and disorders.

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Samuel F. Earl notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush, 1810 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.1 linear_foot (1 volume)

Abstract:

Samuel F. Earl (1790 or 1792-1819 or 1821) was a physician who studied at the University of Pennsylvania and practiced in Annville, Pennsylvania. This collection consists of one volume of lecture notes taken by Earl in November and December, 1810, at Benjamin Rush's lectures on physiology, including attention to the circulatory, respiratory, vocal, digestive, muscular, nervous, and endocrine systems

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Clinton C. Cook formulary, approximately 1900 to 1940 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

Abstract:

Volume containing pharmaceutical recipes and remedies spanning the years from approximately 1900 to 1940 written in two hands. The first twenty-three pages are written by pharmacist Clinton C. Cook (1864-1914) and following eleven pages are written by Michael A. Jackson (1887-1955).

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Miscellany, circa 1762-1777 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume (+ 4 leaves)

Abstract:

Parchment covered volume comprising a collection writings by an unnamed Anglican clergyman who lived in Bristol, England. The volume contains materials on a myriad of subjects spanning the years from 1762 to 1770 handwritten on 147 numbered pages.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Wallace E. Frank notebook, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume (+1 leaf)

Abstract:

A green cloth volume, manufactured by the U.S. Government Printing Office, containing field notes written by Wallace E. Frank in 1945 while he was assigned to the United States Public Health Service at the Carter Memorial Laboratory in Savannah, Georgia.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Medicinal recipe book, circa 1800-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

Abstract:

Brown leather volume written by an unnamed author probably in England between the years 1800 to 1850 comprising instructions for the homes of the poor, caring for the poor, and medicinal recipes.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Recipe book, circa 1857 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

Abstract:

A volume containing a small collection of culinary, household, and medicinal recipes written by an unidentified English author, circa 1857.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]