Archives and Manuscript Catalogue

Scope and Contents This manuscript has the bookplate, with the date 1708, of 'The Honble. Archibald Campbell Esqr.' - presumably the then Lord Ilay, later the 3rd Duke of Argyll. The book has the appearance of a personal compilation, though the handwriting is unlike that found in contemporary letters of the Duke.The recipes, which apply to many diseases, appear to have been derived both from professional sources and from those of traditional domestic medicine. In many cases the name of the person...