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DescriptionAn undated vellum manuscript containing medical material. Previously formed part of the Hodges and Smith collection and acquired by the Academy in 1843
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
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23 Q 5
Materia Medica.
Undated. Vellum. 9-9½ × 6. Pp. 54. Old Academy no. 222 (H. & S., vol.
iii, p. 91). Half-bound, green cloth boards, leather back, lettered gilt :
"Med. antiq. Ling. Hib. MS. Memb." Beg. imperfect in middle of art. on
Absintium. P. 1 almost illegible; p. 3 opens with Abrotanum, etc. ; B is
missing, and there are many other lacunae. Treatise ends p. 54 with
Raphanos. On 1st flyleaf is a list of 8 contractions written by O'Curry
in a very minute hand.
