This book on the history of vaccination is associated with the American Medical Association's 1913 Annual Meeting, which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes a forward by Henry S. Wellcome announcing the opening of the Historical Medical Museum in London. Followed by a section titled "The 'Wellcome' Materia Medica Farm: A Modern Physic Garden" from pages 121-127. Includes a section on historical medical equipment titled "Medical Equipments from Pole to Pole" from pages 128-158. Followed by a supply catalog section for testing kits and first-aid cases from pages 159-186. Includes a pharmaceutical products section from pages 187-290. One page of the memoranda section includes handwritten notes. The end pages include advertisements for medical products, awards given by the Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories at international exhibitions, drawings of the Wellcome research laboratories located in London, England as well as their office in New York City, New York.
This manuscript is a diverse and well-organized recipe collection with more than 520 different recipes on topics ranging from alchemy and medicine to solutions for simple household problems such as fleas. A direct ancestor to sixteenth-century Books of Secrets, the manuscript includes an extensive alphabetical subject index for easy reference and consultation to the topics contained therein. The numbered sections vary greatly in length; in some cases a number represents a short, individual recipe, but in many others, a numbered section includes numerous separate recipes related to the same subject. The contents of the manuscript are varied, but include fairly extensive sections devoted to alchemical recipes. Other topics represented include medicine, such as treating diseases of the eye and bloodletting; recipes of a domestic, household nature, including various recipes for inks, how to erase things from parchment, and how to get rid of vermin; cosmetic recipes related to caring for the hair and face; agricultural recipes, including a lengthy section of wine; and recipes for treating disease in animals.
Intended as a health reference book for the family, topics include diseases, anatomy, hygiene, care of the sick, medicinal plants and administration of medicine. Select anatomical diagrams have been digitized along with plates including medicinal plants and poisonous reptiles and insects.