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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1800–1850
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0808.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Medicinal recipes
LOCATION: Portland, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: wallet
Patents: N/A
General Description: leather and paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 11.8 cm
Height: 1.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Chipman
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Portland

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Probably used c. early to mid 1800s; possibly also used later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. Notebook written by two men- Abner and Ami Chipman, relatives of original donor. Abner Chipman born 1800 in Portland, Upper Canada. According to family history, Ami Chipman [great-great uncle of William Dowsett, original donor] took this notebook with him when he left Portland, Upper Canada in 1837 to join the Mormons in Salt Lake City. He returned to Portland a few years later. [Ref. 4]
Function: Written instructions for preparing and administering medicinal recipes.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Handwritten in ink, medicinal recipes are numbered 1 to 80; last 3 recipes are not numbered. Signature "Abner Chipman" on #57; signature "Ami Chipman" after unnumbered recipe on second-to-last page. No UHN catalogue no. evident on notebook.
Missing: Unknown- appears complete.
Finish: Handwritten in black ink on off-white paper; endpages are newsprint [?; other mechanically printed document]; bound between hand sewn dark brown leather covers , and fastened with dark brown leather strap closure.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Notebook, circa 1800–1850, Artifact no. 2002.0808, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0808.001/

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