Brown hardcover book with a light brown spine entitled, "Dr. Pereira's Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics"; bound in pressed paper; title embossed on spine in gold; white pages with black ink; 1093 pages
Brown hardcover book with a light brown spine entitled, "Dr. Pereira's Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics"; bound in pressed paper; title embossed on spine in gold; white pages with black ink; 1093 pages
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated by Dean Barry Smith, Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University
Embossed on spine: "MATERIA MEDICA // AND // THERAPEUTICS. // PEREIRA"; handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover "ne[illeg]; handwritten in ink on first page: "W.D. Lynch. // Belleville Ont. // Augt. 1st. 1882. // Trinity Med Sch. // Toronto // Oct 3. 82"; handwritten in pencil on inside of back cover: "[illeg] test for file, 1042,"; handwritten in pen on inside of back cover: "[illeg], 169."; handwritten in pencil on inside of back cover: " Tully's powder"; printed on fifth page: "DR. PEREIRA'S // ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA // AND THERAPEUTICS, // MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRACTITIONERS AND STUDENTS, // EDITED BY // ROBERT BENTLEY, // AND // THEOPHILUS REDWOOD, // D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, // 549 & 551 BROADWAY. // 1878."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Dimension Notes
Length 23.3 cm x Width 16.5 cm x Depth 7 cm
Condition Remarks
There is wear present on all corners of the cover and bottom and top of the spine; stains, scratches and wear present on front and back covers; pages are yellowing; spine intact
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Internet
JPG
Reference Comments
Jonathan Pereira. Wikipedia. March 9, 2011, March 23, 2011.
Research Facts
Jonathan Pereira was born May 22 1804 in London England and died January 20 1853; he was a pharmacologist and author of the Elements of Materia Medica, a standard work, and was examiner on the subject in the University of London
Exhibit History
On exhibit in the Friend-Vandewater Gallery in Botterell Hall, Queen's University; removed January 27, 2010