| Description Of Item | Clipped folio in a scrapbook from the collection of John Ritchie, discussing a reproduction of a page from Dr Nicholas Culpepper’s London Pharmacopoeia of 1718 relating to organotherapy [the practice of using extracts from animal/human tissues to treat ailments], and references Pliny the Elder, Paracelsus, Theophile de Bordeu de Montpelier and Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard’s contributions to the field, and Arthur Biedl’s research. |