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Macon, Georgia drugstore prescriptions

Macon, Georgia drugstore prescriptions

Descriptive Summary

Title: Macon, Georgia drugstore prescriptions
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1870-1879
Language(s): English
Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet 1 volume in 2 boxes
Collection Number: ms55
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of one dis-bound scrapbook containing several thousand prescriptions pasted onto the volume's pages. Some prescriptions are blank. Most prescriptions contain names of doctors and druggists in and around Macon, Georgia. Drugstores include John Ingalls, Apothecary, Rankin, Massenburg & Co., and others.

The volume has sustained major water damage, and several dates are faded and unidentifiable. Prescriptions appear to date 1870-1879.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Macon, Georgia drugstore prescriptions, ms55, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2019.

General Notes

Donated by Mrs. George Watson, Athens, Ga.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Drugstores -- Georgia.
Macon (Ga.)
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Scrapbook, 1st part, 1870-1879
 
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22Scrapbook, 2nd part, 1870-1879