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Sloane MS 2117

Record Id:

040-002114482

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002112337

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000603.0x00031c

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Sloane MS 2117

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Sloane 2117

Paper, in Quarto, ff. 399, XVII Century.

Common-place book kept by Robert Mustow (?) See f. 356.

1. 'A catalogue of books 1663.' f. 1b.

2. Receipts and prescriptions. ff. 3-12.

3. 'Aphorismi Hippocratis.' ff. 13-31.

4. 'Mathematicall recreations': — interspersed with alphabets and specimens of handwriting. ff. 32-59.

5. 'The Persian language;' a short vocabulary. ff. 60-62.

6. 'The Malyan tongue;' a vocabulary. f. 63.

7. 'To number in the Malyan tongue.' f. 64b.

8. Names of the days of the week and month in Persian and Arabic. f. 65.

9. 'The Persian commandments.' f. 66.

10. 'Prayers to Mahomet used by the Indians, Javas, Arabians and Persians.' f. 67.

11. 'New alphabets, invented by R. M.' f. 67.

12. Classed repertory of medicaments. ff. 69-86.

13. 'Magia Naturalis; sive, De miraculis rerum naturalium: Johanne Battista Porta, Neapolitano, auctore.' ff. 86b-94. Exstat impress. 12mo. Lugd. Bat. 1651.

14. 'A phisical dictionarie.' ff. 95-105.

15. 'Opus Phisicum, diligentia et labore collectum et memoriae traditum per Robertum Mustow, chirurgium.' ff. 105b-116.

16. 'Select aphorismes concerning the operation of medicaments according to the place.' ff. 116b-124.

17. 'Medical aphorisms.' ff. 125-161.

18. 'Of the procreation of man.' ff. 162-173.

19. De generatione humana — of the genitalls in men.' ff. 174-208.

Begin: 'They are called vasa praeparantia; some elaborae —'

End: 'Let the nurse use fennell or the seede in her drincks or broths; and the child shall soon find the benefitt of it.'

20. 'Libellus quid Ditativus de modo examinandi medicos chirurgos ab excellentissimo medico et philosopho domino Mariano Sancto Barolitano nuperrime compositus. Interlocutores Robertus et Henricus.' ff. 208b-219.

Exstat impress. Octavo. Ven. 1543.

21. 'Generalis et compendiaria chirurgi institutio facili et artificiosa methodo tradita. ff. 219-230.

Incip. 'Chirurgia quod ad rationem nominis attinet idem sonat quod manuum operatio.'

22. 'A succinct phylosophical declaration of the nature of clymaterical yeares occasioned by the death of Queen Elizabeth.' ff. 231-236.

Beginning, 'After the death of Queen Elizabeth who died in the 70 yeare of her age, which was the clymactericall period of her life.'

Ending, 'cannot pass his praefixed tyme and clymactericall period, yet by many meanes he may shorten it.'

23. 'A treatise of the Cybells.' ff. 237-240.

24. 'Of the nine Muses.' f. 240.

25. Miscellaneous verses and translations from Latin poets. ff. 241b-246.

26. Stories and anecdotes. ff. 246b-254.

27. 'The aphorismes of Hippocrates prince of Phisitians; with an exact table shewing the substance of every aphorisme, and a short comment one each one; taken out of those larger notes of Galen, Heurnius, Fuchsius; Hyppocrates life out of Soranus.' ff. 254-298.

28. 'Of the manner of stiching of woundes.' ff. 298b-302.

29. Medical treatise upon old age, and the diet suitable thereto.' ff. 302-312.

30. 'De visus nobilitate et conservandi modo.' ff. 312b-323.

31. 'A discourse of struma, scrophule or King's Evill.' ff. 323-332.

32. 'Annotations upon the first chapter of the sixth tract of Guido treating of the goute.' ff. 332b-349.

33. 'Μυσκοτομία or the anatomicall administration of all the muscles of an humane bodie, by W. M.' ff. 349b-357.

34. Receipts and prescriptions. ff. 358-372.

35. 'The deffinition of most diseases that are incident to the bodie.' ff. 373-385.

36. Chronological tables, with explanations; and tables of weights and measures. ff. 386-390.

37. The Hebrew alphabet, — the chief rules of reading in Hebrew, — and a table of Hebrew Roots. ff. 391-395.

38. 'Of the significations of severall Christian names now in use amongst us, with their derivations, whether from the Hebrew, Greek, Latine, German, French, Spanish or Italian.' ff. 396-397.

Robert Mustow, Surgeon: Commonplace book: 1663-1665.

includes:

ff. 13-31, 254-298 Hippocrates: Aphorismi cum commentario: 1755; 17th cent.: Lat. and Engl.: Printed and MS.
f. 67 Muhammad, the Prophet: Prayers to, used by Indians, Javanese, Arabians and Persians: 17th cent.
ff. 86 b-94 Johannes Baptista della Porta, of Naples: Magia naturalis: 17th cent.
ff. 208 b-219 Marianus Sanctus, Physicus Barolitanus: De modo examinandi medicos chirurgos: 17th cent.
ff. 231-236 Elizabeth I of England: Declaration of the nature of climacterical years occasioned by her death: 17th cent.
ff. 237-240 Sibyls: Treatise on: 17th cent.
ff. 332-349 Guido, de Cauliaco: Annotations on his tract on gout: 17th cent.
ff. 349 b-356 b W- M-: Muscotomia: 17th cent.
f. 357 Henry Mustow, son of Dr. R Mustow: Enlistment of, for service at Tangier: 1663.
ff. 391-395 b Hebrew: Alphabet, rules for reading, and a table of roots: 17th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Sloane Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002112337
040-002114482

Is part of:

Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts

Sloane MS 2117 : Sloane 2117Paper, in Quarto, ff. 399, XVII Century.Common-place book kept by Robert Mustow (?) See f. 356.1. 'A catalogue of…

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032-002112337[2105]/040-002114482

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Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

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Names:

Chauliac, Guy, physician and surgeon, c 1300-1368
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Hippocrates, 460-380 BC,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435238545,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/287984736
Muhammad, the Prophet,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121032851,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97245226
Mustow, Henry, son of Dr. R Mustow
Mustow, Robert, Surgeon
Porta, Johannes Baptista, of Naples
Sanctus, Marianus, Physicus Barolitanus