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Virtudes del Balsamo Peruano
GB 0120 WMS/Amer.2 and 13 · late 18th century

These manuscripts comprise two copies of a work on the theory and extensive therapeutic uses of Peruvian balsam, probably produced in Mexico in the second half of the 18th century.

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GB 0120 WMS/Amer.47-48 and 54-55 · 1823-1840

These items comprise disbound sections of a recipe book, possibly that of a hacienda; the probable area of origin is Amozoc de Mota, Puebla, Mexico. They give recipes for the treatment of diseases such as typhus, cholera and smallpox. WMS/Amer.55 comprises a copy of a contemporary broadside by Gaspar Escayola.

Anonymous