Manuscript volume of medicinal recipes compiled by Sydney Humphryes
TitleManuscript volume of medicinal recipes compiled by Sydney Humphryes
ReferenceMS0059
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1646-c1668
Creator Sydney Humphryes, fl 1686
Admin./ biographical historyNo biographical information on Sydney Humphryes is known.
Scope and ContentThe volume contains a book of "Receipts", or recipes initially compiled by Sydney Humphryes. The volume also contains a variety of other hands. The title page states "Sydney Humphryes, His Booke, 1646". The recipes include treatments for various conditions including broken bones, burns, jaundice, vomiting, the plague, scrofula, as well as fruit waters, chocolate and hair dyes. Some recipes are titled with the name of the doctors including Mayern and Burges. The volume is numbered pages 1-209, and contains an index at the back.
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
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NotesNote in front says it was microfilmed in 1952.
Persons keyword Sydney Humphryes, fl 1686
SubjectMedical sciences, Medical treatment
