Scope and Contents
A medical commonplace book with prescriptions at one end, many of which are ascribed to authors, and extracts from medical writers at the other, including passages from Dr Harvey's Anatomical exercises of the motion of the heart. The volume is inscribed on the flyleaf 'Wye. March the 14th 1652/3'.
Dates
- Creation: 1653 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 collection
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The book was formerly part of the library of Dr H.P. Bayon. Received from the library of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1982.
Bibliography
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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