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Title
Joseph
Bidwell's
notebook
of
medical
treatments
Creator
Bidwell, Joseph
Place
Hartford County (Conn.)
Topic
Physicians
Medicine
Topic-Person
Bidwell, Joseph, 1709-1798
Genre
Manuscripts
Theme
Lifestyle
Description
Joseph
Bidwell
, a
physician
practicing
in
Hartford
County
,
kept
this
notebook
filled
with
formulas
and
recipes
for any
number
of
treatments
. On these
pages
you
will
find
treatments
for "
dropsie
", "
stone
collick
",
drunkenness
, and the
Lord
Rich
diet
. There
is
even
a
bread
that
specifically
cures
dropsy
.
Inside
on the
first
page
,
Bidwell
wrote
his
name
several
times
,
along
with the
date
1737
. The
handwriting
,
which
dates
from the
17th
century
,
indicates
he
may
have
inherited
it
from
someone
else
. He
must
have
passed
it
on at
some
time
,
because
in
1834
,
William
Cooley
added
his
name
to the
first
page
.
Date created
before
1737
Physical format
1
volume
Identifier
Accession
Number
:
38329
File
Name
:
Ms_38329_Bidwell_Joseph.jpg
Source
Connecticut
Historical
Society
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image
is
available
from the
Library
at The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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Manuscripts
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