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Benjamin Coles commonplace book

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Call Number:
MSS 2/041
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
1 volume
Language:
English
Date:
circa 1730s
Creator:
Coles, Benjamin
Form:
Commonplace books and Recipes
Abstract:

"Anthropologica nova seu liber medicus manualis, scrip[si]t. Binj. Coles, G. Fosters, 8 Septem[be]r. 1735."

Contains 171 entries including definitions, medical recipes, and prescriptions for ailments, diseases, and pregnancy. Occasional entries concern matters of materia medica or natural history.

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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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