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ITEM — Box: 1, Folder: 21 Identifier: H MS c292

Commonplace book, 1802 November., 1802 November. Digital

Scope and Contents

Title page is inscribed, "Extracts upon Medicine taken from the Encyclopedia." Contains notes on causes, symptoms, prognoses and cures for illnesses including enteritis, hepatitis, hysteritis, rubeola (measles), and hamoptisis (spitting blood). There are a number of blank pages following, and the last two pages contain a poem entitled "Esculapian song," author name illegible, and the name Caleb Abernathy inscribed below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1802 November.

Language of Materials

Collection is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Access requires advance notice. Contact Public Services for further information.

Extent

0.31 cubic feet (1 letter size document box and one half legal size document box)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository

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