MANUSCRIPT. – MEDICINE. [A hand-written materia medica. N.p.: circa 1760.] 102pp., manuscript, 8vo (199 x 114mm.) 51 numbered leaves in a densely written legible hand relating numerous cures, remedies and medical advice and, often, outlining the theory behind the advice, and citing sources. (Lacking pp.9-10, several leaves loose, all leaves with some loss to outer margin, occasionally text affected, text-block detached from covers.) Contemporary calf (dried and stiff, browned, some loss to lower cover). Note: beings with the benefits of ‘green tea’ (‘hastens digestion, provokes urine, cleanses and purifies the blood’) and the health-giving properties of a variety of seeds (cardamon seeds being ‘an antidote against the plague’), there’s a long analysis on ‘blood’ (it being ‘the foundation of life, the treasure of life’) and blood-letting is often the cure. There are entries on ‘mad dog bites’ and ‘any mad animal’, the ‘plague’, nervous ailments, and also ways of dealing with ‘incubus, or nightmare’ (‘sleep on your side with head raised’), and even some comparative medicine (‘The Turks way of dealing with the plague may not be as learned as ours…’). Several times the ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’ from the early 1750’s is cited as a source.