Rare Books and ManuscriptsSF285.3.Y9 C65 1826Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
The upper board is inscribed in black ink: “William Young, book, 1826, Officer of Excise.”Bound in full contemporary sheep, with both hasps, but only one brass clasp present.Manuscript notebook kept by William Young containing a collection of remedies for ailments in horses and cattle, circa 1826. There are numerous receipts for coughs, bleeding, purging, colic, to dry a cow of her milk, to make a cow go a bulling, the glanders, &c. Some are “taken from the twenty-first edition of Francis Clater,” while others appear original, “from a friend,” or are unacknowledged. Also included are receipts for ink, and some printed notes (pasted in) relating to the owner's position as an Officer of the Excise: e.g., tables of stamp and legacy duties, and a hand-written form letter for a notice to quit. A note taken from The Whitehaven Herald might indicate a location.
Subject Terms:
Young, William -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. | Horses -- Diseases. | Cattle -- Diseases. | Veterinary medicine. | Traditional medicine -- Great Britain -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. | Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Great Britain. | Workshop recipes -- Great Britain.