Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Coates Paschall receipt book
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 10a 352
Scope and Contents
This receipt book contains just over 200 recipes, with roughly a third related to cookery or household needs, the remainder are medical remedies. Paschall’s recipes came from her own experiences, were recommended by her community or area physicians, and were also found in books. In most cases, she includes the original source of the recipe.
Dates:
1749-1766
Henry Knox Stratford formulary
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/279
Scope and Contents
Volume of undated medical and household recipes of eclectic physician with miscellaneous cash accounts and chronological list of obstetrical cases, 1855-1868. Includes one folder of supplementary material, ca. 1874-1890.
Dates:
1855 - 1890; Majority of material found within 1855 - 1868
John Dauntesey recipe book
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/070
Scope and Contents
Volume contains recipes, manuscript copies of printed medical and chemical works, and genealogical
information, 1652-1683.
Volume contains recipes and prescriptions in English and Latin, in various
hands, on pages 100
and 111-212.
There are several references to James Blackburn, who may have
owned or compiled the volume originally, then given it to John Dauntesey in 1652. Several prescriptions
are specifics against plague. Pages 11-100
contain manuscript copy of works printed in London in...
Dates:
1652 - 1683
Pharmaceutical prescription cards
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 393
Content Description
This small collection consists of 16 manuscript pharmaceutical prescriptions with occasional typescript comments. The cards and the comments were attributed to Battin and Lunger Pharmacists, Philadelphia, by the donor. The physicians who signed the prescriptions include J. Harold Austin, Radcliffe Cheston, J. Clinton Foltz, Alvin R. McCarthy[?], John F. McCloskey, Frank M. Ramsey, Edward G. Rhoads, Fred A. Sutcliff, and Josephus T. Ullom.
Dates:
1917
Soloman Bush daybook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 377
Overview
This daybook contains medical observations and recipes from Philadelphia resident, Dr. Solomon Bush. The son of Mathias Bush, Dr. Solomon Bush practiced medicine around the time of the Revolutionary War despite not having any formal training. In addition to his medical case studies and remedy recipes, his daybook also includes a memorandum of his marriage to Ann, the daughter of Christopher Marshall on April 2, 1791. The announcement of the birth of his son, Nathan Marshall Bush, follows on...
Dates:
1789 - 1792
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