M0001093: Vade mecum, c.1400 - folded manuscript
- Date:
- 12 August 1930
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/10/26
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Vade-mecum, circa 1400 - view of folded manuscript
Description
A medieval physician's portable handbook from c.1400 folded up. Formerly in the possession of A. Dickson Wright M.R.C.S, but current whereabouts unknown. It is the same vade mecum discussed in Talbot, Charles Howell: “A Mediaeval Physician's Vade Mecum”, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, vol. 16, no. 3, 1961, pp. 213–233. Related images: M0001094EA, M0001094EB, M0001095, M0001096, M0001097, M0001098, M0001099, M0001100, M0001101, M0001102, M0001102EA, M0001103, M0001104, M0001105.
Publication/Creation
12 August 1930
Physical description
2 photographs photographic print; 11.5 x 8.5 cm glass plate negative; 13 x 10 cm
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request