Notes on diseases

Formulae medicamentorum: in French. In spite of the title, the MS. consists of notes on diseases, their symptoms, treatment, bibliography, etc. There are many inserted slips containing additions by the compiler-the latest dated 1818. Some of the many blank spaces have been used for vineyard accounts of a property in Beaune, with dates from 1830 to 1854. Produced in Saulieu.

1811-1818

1 volume 243 pp. 4to. 22 x 17 cm. Original quarter-vellum binding, with tape tie.

Purchased 1934.

Among the inserted slips is a promissory note, dated Beaune 19 Dec. 1834, signed 'Marie Bidault', for the sum of 3000 francs to M. Lavirotte Mathieu, Vigneron à Beaune.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).