24th Nov, 2022 11:00

Fine Scientific & Medical Instruments and Books

 
Lot 367
 

A Victorian Apothecaries Handwritten Recipe Book

Unnamed, and undated but with accompanying letters dated 1881, handwritten notebook containing various unusual-sounding recipes, some conventional such as cough mixture, antiseptic mouth wash, toothache remedy, some rather dubious such as 'health pills' 'chlorodyne' for the treatment of cholera and some very dubious 'Worm Syrup', lotions for ear cancer', book 3 quarters empty, with several letters of notes

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Unnamed, and undated but with accompanying letters dated 1881, handwritten notebook containing various unusual-sounding recipes, some conventional such as cough mixture, antiseptic mouth wash, toothache remedy, some rather dubious such as 'health pills' 'chlorodyne' for the treatment of cholera and some very dubious 'Worm Syrup', lotions for ear cancer', book 3 quarters empty, with several letters of notes

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