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Collection of recipes for preparing medicines. The form in which the recipes are presented ranges from a list of ingredients to more or less detailed texts including information about the preparation as well as the use of the medication. In the index, the recipes are divided into 10 chapters according to dosage form (pp. 456-479). At the end of each chapter there are several pages that have been left blank for additional recipes. The manuscript, which was created in 1739, is from the pharmacy of the former Capuchin Convent of Wattwil. It contains numerous 18th century additions in various hands. Since the dissolution of the Capuchin Convent St. Mary of the Angels of Wattwil in 2010, the manuscript, as part of the convent pharmacy, belongs to the Foundation Kloster Maria der Engel Wattwil.
Online Since: 06/13/2019
Collection of recipes for preparing medicines. The form in which the recipes are presented ranges from a list of ingredients to more or less detailed texts including information about the preparation as well as the use of the medication. There is no index. The manuscript, which was written in 1755, is from the chapter of the noble secular canonesses of Schänis (fol. Br). Several recipes are later additions. The numerous blank pages indicate that it had been planned from the beginning to leave room for additional recipes. It is not known when the manuscript became part of the pharmacy of the former Capuchin Convent of Wattwil. Since the dissolution of the Capuchin Convent St. Mary of the Angels of Wattwil in 2010, the manuscript, as part of the convent pharmacy, belongs to the Foundation Kloster Maria der Engel Wattwil.
Online Since: 06/13/2019
Collection of recipes for preparing medicines. The form in which the recipes are presented ranges from a simple list of ingredients to more detailed texts including information about the preparation as well as the use of the medication. There is an index (pp. 262-264). The manuscript is from the pharmacy of the former Capuchin Convent of Wattwil; in 1881 it was “improved and written” (“verbessert und geschrieben”) based on an older original (p. E). The book contains a few additions up to the 20th century. Since the dissolution of the Capuchin Convent St. Mary of the Angels of Wattwil in 2010, the manuscript, as part of the convent pharmacy, belongs to the Foundation Kloster Maria der Engel Wattwil.
Online Since: 10/10/2019
This herbal contains descriptions of medicinal herbs in alphabetical order along with the medicinal effects attributed to them. An index (p. 94) is appended to the recipes, but it ends already at number 5 “anise”. This manuscript is from the pharmacy of the former Capuchin Convent of Wattwil and was written in the first half of the 20th century. Since the dissolution of the Capuchin Convent St. Mary of the Angels of Wattwil in 2010, the manuscript, as part of the convent pharmacy, belongs to the Foundation Kloster Maria der Engel Wattwil.
Online Since: 10/10/2019