Compendium of Physic and Surgery., 1780-1829 -
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- Bound Bound
- Scope and content:
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- Leather back cover and quarter of front cover missing
- Attributed to Joseph Flowerden, published by J. Nourse, London, 1769
- Medical work concludes: Finis April 15, 1780
- Further medical directions include: Howards Receipt for Curing the Lame Distemper, Yaws, or almost any Corrupt Blood and To Cure a Cancer
- Dates inscribed in volume are: January 30, 1793 (weather record); 1798 (farm record); 1829 (pencilled note), Alexander Bourbon Kentucky?
- At end of volume, written dos-a-dos, are 18 pages of songs (2 leaves detached) copied by Alexander Barnett, chiefly while at Camp Hicks Creek in South Carolina, Dec. 28, 1780-Jan. 12, 1781
- Names of John Brown, Congressman, and James Barnett, Capt. Jno. Barnett, John Dykes, Solomon Levi, and John Taliaferro also appear
- Acquisition information:
- Gift. Hamill and Barker, Chicago, Illinois. 1981.
- Physical description:
- Autograph document 358 p. 16 x 19.5 cm.
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