Manufacturing Apothecary or Chemist

Production books of an English manufacturing apothecary or chemist, recording batches of compound medicines produced, with the cost of each ingredient and overall manufacturing costs. Internal evidence (including a list of suppliers of simples, mainly in the London area, on the rear paste-down of MS. 5941) suggests that the volumes were compiled in London.

1741-1795

2 volumes

Purchased from Holleyman and Treacher, of Brighton (catalogue 36, item 684), 1973.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).