Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 812: Rupturs, their causes and varietie's The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2016 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title from title page (p. iii). One printed leaf laid in from the Philadelphia company Chesterman & Streeter, successors to I.B. Seeley & Co. is dated December 24, 1896 and titled "A word about trade protection." Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 812 2975960 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2975960 Rupturs, their causes and varietie's

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 95 leaves : 261 x 205 (211 x 160) mm. bound to 271 x 207 mm Paper, 95; [viii], 1-2, 4-47, [48-179]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with notes and drawings on final leaves possibly in a second hand.

Contemporary leather, spine cracked, covers detached.

Possibly written in England in the second half of the 18th century .

between 1750 and 1799 England? Former owners include: Dr. Lancaster, London, England; R.L. Hall; J.H. Countryman; E.L. Eliason. Transferred from the Library of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Hernia--Early works to 1800 Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800 Trusses (Surgery)--Early works to 1800 Codices Recipes Drawings Manuscripts, English--18th century Manuscripts, European