Notebooks: Medicine , 1660 - 1705
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one account book listing patients from approximately 1698-1711, six medical notebooks with notes about medical practices in late 17th century, as well as a file of medical logs spanning the 1680s to early 1700s listing patients. The account book spans 1702-1713, the notebooks span circa 1692-1705, and the notes and reports by Gershom Bulkeley consist of four pages. The medical notebooks include medicinal and chemical recipes, treatments, and medicine-related subject entries such as the Arcanus Philosophiae and Paracelsus von Hohenheim; a noted early alchemist and physician from the 1500s.Some notebook entries are written in Latin and Greek.
Dates
- Creation: 1660 - 1705
Creator
- From the Collection: Bulkeley, Gershom, 1636-1713 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: .50 Cubic Feet (2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: Greek, Modern (1453-)
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford Connecticut 06106