| ID | 2270 |
|---|---|
| Reference | LOAn/3/4 |
| Description | Medical Commonplace Book, of Dublin origin, author unknown. Contains recipes for medicines and treatments, (hair wash, indigestion physic], and details of diet and nutrition, clinical observation, treatments for ailments, wounds and diseases and, for example, the 'Induction of Premature labour': 'Insert overnight an Elastic bougia [Bougie: a thin flexible surgical instrument. OED] 6 or 7 inches into uterus and coil the remainder in the vagina'. |
| Access | By prior appointment |
| Date | 1840-1875 |
| Century | 19th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | RCSI Heritage Collections |
| Address | Mercer Building RCSI Mercer Street Lower Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 YH72 |
| Telephone | (01) 402-2511 |
| Email Address | archivist@rcsi.com |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/library/using-the-library/heritage-collections |
| latitude | 53.34069 |
| longitude | -6.26373 |