Add MS 43408

SURGEON'S POCKET-BOOK, containing recipes, notes of cures, etc., mostly copied from William Clowes, A prooved practise for all young Chirurgians (first published 1586) and other English and foreign surgical works published before 1600, the names of the authorities being noted in the text. English and Latin; some words on ff. 61-62 are written in Greek letters. The original entries end at f. 62b; the remainder of the book (mostly in a slightly different hand from that of the original entries, perhaps a later version of the original compiler's hand; a third hand begins at f. 86b) contains similar notes and also a number of personal observations, apparently by a physician rather than a surgeon, of medicines prescribed, cures recommended, etc. A few of the compiler's patients are named, including Lady Fuller, widow, (ff. 77, 79b [note dated 7 Feb. 162], 85b), and William Genings of Alcester (f. 80b). A note on f. 84b is dated 29 July 1622. Lists of books, chiefly medical, in the same hand as the original entries, are at ff. 1 and (reversed) 93 b, 91b, gob and (dated 23 Nov. 1609)89b. Lists of drugs are at ff. 2,48, 57b, and 88b(reversed). Paper; ff. i + 95. 1 45 mm. x 49 mm. Circ. 1609-1622. Sides of wooden boards, sewn together across the back (which is uncovered) with leather thongs. Presented by Maurice Ernest, LL. D. (bookplate, f. 1).