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Title
Manuscript booklet of medical recipes written by Doctor Levi Bartlett, student of Doctor Thomas Kittridge and son of Declaration of Independence signer Dr. Josiah Bartlett, circa 1785
Subject
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescription
United States--Medicine--Eighteenth century
United States--Medicine--Eighteenth century
Description
16pp (8 leaves), folded, unbound, 12vo. First and last leaves blank. Neatly penned manuscript by Dr. Levi Bartlett describing medical recipes. Contains 19 recipes, all but one unguentum (ointments). c.a. 1785. The first recipe, written on pg.2, is “Ung. Of Old Dr. Kittredge”.
Creator
Bartlett, Levi, 1763-1828
Publisher
Digitized by the rights holder
Date
circa 1785
Language
English
Type
Receipt books
Identifier
bartlett_recipes
Provenance
Kaye Slotnick
Temporal Coverage
Eighteenth century
Spatial Coverage
United States
Rights Holder
Anonymous. Name available upon request.
Citation
Bartlett, Levi, 1763-1828, “Manuscript booklet of medical recipes written by Doctor Levi Bartlett, student of Doctor Thomas Kittridge and son of Declaration of Independence signer Dr. Josiah Bartlett, circa 1785,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 6, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/8148.