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Culture:American
Title:book: The Elements of Medicine
Date Made:1791
Type:Book
Materials:paper, leather
Place Made:United States; Pennsylvannia; Philadelphia
Measurements:overall: 8 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.; 21.9075 x 13.0175 x 2.8575 cm
Accession Number:  HD 62.090
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
"The Elements of Medicine; or, A Translation of the Elementa Medicinae Brunonis with large Notes, Illustration, and Comments, by the Author of the Original Work." Printed by William Spotswood in Philadelphia for Isaiah Thomas of Worcester, Massachusetts, it contains a collection of 757 remedies or treatments with prognoses. It is inscribed "Timothy Carter's Property."

Subjects:
Leather

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