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Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ann Borzilleri collection

00-2008-01-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2008-01-0
Scope and Contents

Two issues of "The Bantam Bugle," 1979; menu for Hattie's Family Restaurant; two bookmarks from Cobble Court Bookshop; receipt for prescription signed G. M. Woodruff, 1873; "Breakfast Dinner & Tea" advertisement pamphlet "compliments of Wessels & Gates, Litchfield, Conn.," circa 1880.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1873-1979; Other: Date acquired: 09/01/2008
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Buell and Wheeler prescription book

00-1972-135-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1972-135-0
Abstract

The Buell and Wheeler prescription book (1972-135-0) was maintained from 1876 through 1879. The book contains prescriptions that were filled at the pharmacy of Buell and Wheeler in Litchfield, Connecticut.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1879; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/1971
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Crutch's Pharmacy Prescription Book

2012-08-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-08-0
Scope and Contents Crutch's Pharmacy Prescription Book (2012-08-0) contains 8-10 prescription forms per page (glued on), beginning with prescription #142995/December 17, 1913 and ending with #146624/December 3, 1914. No patient names on prescription forms, and only half of the prescriptions are on letterhead. Possible Litchfield doctors included in this book are, Charles I. Page, Marvin Z. Westewelt, Charles Turkington, C.N. warner, N.L. deming, and R.A. Marcy. Aaron Crutch and his son William were both...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1914; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2012
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Maria Tallmadge Cushman home remedies notebook

00-1949-39-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1949-39-0
Scope and Contents The Maria Tallmadge Cushman home remedies notebook (1949-39-0) was compiled by Maria Tallmadge Cushman from the year 1840 through 1864. The small notebook contains home remedies for illness as well as many recipes and hints for household cleaning. Many of the remedies are handwritten, and a fair amount are newspaper clippings. Health remedies include treatments for cholera, cancer, colds, rheumatism, dysentery, and "Mrs. Noyes Recipe for purifying the blood." Interspersed with health cures...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1840-1864; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Dr. Ely Fox prescriptions

00-2009-132-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-132-0
Scope and Contents

Dated New Hartford (Conn.) November 19, 1824, the handwritten page contains a prescription for making a burnt salve and another for burnt ointment.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1824 Nov 19
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Philadelphia Dispensary notebook

00-2010-138-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-138-0
Scope and Contents

A handwritten notebook with the title "The Materia Medica & Pharmacopoia of the Philadelphia Dispensary". Four different names can be deciphered including that of William Buel, a doctor in Sheffield, (Mass.) for 20 years, who moved to Litchfield in 1815-1816. The back cover also includes the name of William Williams, Sheffield.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1791-1795
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Sheldon family papers

1955-34-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1955-34-0
Scope and Contents The Sheldon family papers primarily relate to Daniel Sheldon (1726-1772) and Lucretia Gross Sheldon (1724-1772), their son Dr. Daniel Sheldon (1750-1840), their grandchildren Daniel Sheldon Jr. (1780-1828), Lucy Sheldon Beach (1788-1889), Henry Sheldon (1790-1868?) and William Sheldon (1802-1826), and their great grandson Frederick Sheldon (1827-1907). The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, school papers, and other items. Dr. Daniel Sheldon was a son of Danel and Lucretia Gross...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1768-1897; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1938
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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