Medical notebook, entitled 'Adversaria physica 1660', 'Adversaria 5'
MS. Locke d. 9
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Medical notebook, entitled 'Adversaria physica 1660', 'Adversaria 5'
Shelfmark
MS. Locke d. 9
Summary
Medical notebook, entitled 'Adversaria physica 1660', 'Adversaria 5', with entries to 1704, containing mainly prescriptions, with notes on and extracts from medical works, some entries not in Locke's hand, and (pp. 466-531) Locke's 'Register of the air', a weather diary with hygroscope, thermometer and barometer readings, kept at Oxford and London, intermittently from June 1666 to June 1683, and at Oates, Essex, consistently from Dec. 1691 to May 1703.
544 pages, 327-470 blank.
Date
1660-1704
Language
English
Physical facet
Blind-stamped calf, rebacked
Physical extent
544 pages
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Collection contents
Medical notebook, entitled 'Adversaria physica 1660', 'Adversaria 5'
