Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Central Drug Store Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0082
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of prescription receipts, photographs, a prescription recipe book, and a customer prescription book.
Dates:
1892-1951; Majority of material found within 1928-1951
J. W. Eighmy Notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0468
Scope and Contents
This handwritten notebook was titled "Practical Notes and Formulae. By J. W. Eighmy, M. D." by its author, and dated October 10th, 1875. It is a collection of 77 recipes and formulae for treatments to numerous illnesses. Eighmy wrote these in a blank book of prescription forms from "J. H. Burnham, Druggist and Apothecary, Commercial Block, Sutter Street, Folsom, California." Formulas are included for a variety of ailments, including: whooping cough, "bites of serpents and...
Dates:
1875-1875