Recipes and Cases in the Practice of Physic and Surgery

Includes descriptions of remedies, medical and household, regularly prescribed by Dr. Henry Fisher, as well as his treatment of, and surgical operations on many named patients and himself. It also includes recipes for non-medical household items such as ink and colored paint, first dated entry 1829, last dated entry Jan. 12, 1844, content shows Dr. Fisher’s particular indebtedness to noted New Hampshire surgeon Dr. Amos Twitchell (1781-1850).