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Medical treatise, c 1635

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.11.85

Scope and Contents

‘Luis venereæ, omniumque eius accidentium curandorum methodus’. By Sir Theodor Turquet de Mayerne. The handwriting is the author's own. The recipes are partly in English, partly in French, but chiefly in Latin.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1635

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 volume(s) (107 leaves.)

Language of Materials

Latin

French

Custodial History

The following notebooks belonging to Mayerne were acquired by John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely, and passed after his death to the University Library, Cambridge (‘Royal Library’): Dd.04.21, Dd.04.33, Dd.05.24, Dd.05.25, Dd.05.26, Dd.10.65, and Dd.11.85. (McKitterick, Cambridge University Library: a History, Cambridge, 1986, p. 93 n. 18.)

Physical Description

Paper.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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