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[87] pp. + about 100 blank pages vertically ruled and with month and days of the week at top. 2 leaves printed advertisements at front and rear with printed adverts also on front and rear pastedowns. Original brown leather wallet-style binding with tongue and flap, space for thermometer or writing implement at inside of flap, gusseted pocket lined with marbled paper at inside of rear cover.

Interesting Civil War-era physician's vade mecum, a combination pharmacopoeia, first-aid manual, and medical dictionary. Several blank pages filled in with pencil notations, most seem to relate to transactions involving tobacco.