Ms. Codex 1709 Dissertationes medicae.
Title
Dissertationes medicae.Other related names
- Cross, John, 1790-1850, former owner
- Lechmere, Edmund, former owner
Call number
Ms. Codex 1709(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9963005873503681
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6300587
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesOrigin
Possibly written in Edinburgh, or elsewhere in Great Britain, after 1756 (Gedge; based on reference to Thomas Young at Edinburgh).
- Date
- after 1756
- Place
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Scotland or England?
Summary
Descriptions of symptoms and treatment of ailments and diseases, with each section followed by a list of preparations of medicines. Includes references to medical authors such as Sydenham, Boerhaave, Hoffmann, Mauriceau, Albinus, and van Swieten and to Thomas Young (Volume 1, p. 65), professor of midwifery at Edinburgh from 1756 until his death in 1783. Brittleness and ink bleed-through due to oxidation, particularly in the large letters on the section title pages.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title pages (Volume 1, p. v; Volume 2, p. v).
Extent
2 volumes (108, 127 leaves) : 160 x 95 (148 x 76) mm bound to 165 x 110 mmFoliation
Paper, 108, 127 leaves; Volume 1, [i-x], 1-173, [174-206]; Volume 2, [i-viii], 1-221, [222-248]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.Support
PaperBinding
Original (18th-century) English calf, gilt spines.Layout
Script
Provenance
- Formerly owned by Norwich surgeon John Green Crosse (signature on title pages, Volume 1, p. v, Volume 2, p. v).
- Formerly owned by Edmund Lechmere of Severn End (Worcestershire), 1917 (bookplates, with motto Christus pelicano, inside upper covers).
- Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Hanworth, England), catalog 19 (2014), number 63.
Subjects topical
- Medicine--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Treatises
- Prescriptions
- Manuscripts, English--18th century
- Manuscripts, European
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Table of contents
- 33 (V.1) — Febris ardens, p. 33 (V.1)
- 47 (V.1) — Measles, p. 47 (V.1)
- 63 (V.1) — Apthae, p. 63 (V.1)
- 85 (V.1) — Phrensy, p. 85 (V.1)
- 111 (V.1) — Erysipelas, p. 111 (V.1)
- 129 (V.1) — Iliac passion, p. 129 (V.1)
- 147 (V.1) — Fluor albus, p. 147 (V.1)
- 27 (V.2) — Rheumatism, p. 27 (V.2)
- 47 (V.2) — Rickets, p. 47
- 117 (V.2) — Dysentery, p. 117 (V.2)
- 149 (V.2) — Epilepsy, p. 149 (V.2)
- 191 (V.2) — Phthisis pulmonalis, p. 191 (V.2)
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