Dr. Hale’s Home Remedy and Recipe Book

Dr. Hale’s Home Remedy and Recipe Book

$19.95

This unique handwritten book was found in a collection of books left to me by my grandmother.  The book refers to J. H. Hale, Lucy H. Hale in Cass County, Michigan, and also Wallace A. Hale, Fannie E. Hale and B. F. Hale, Ann Arbor Michigan. There is a date in it of Aug. 17, 1846 concerning a rental agreement of $35.00 per year between Philip Wears and B. F. Hale. Like many script books of this era, it reflected the life of the individuals who used this book for their livelihood. An archivist from Michigan State University told me that because this book would have been almost used daily by this doctor, it is rare to find one in this condition. It is likely this book came from the lumberman’s house in Lewiston my grandmother owned years ago.

 

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Many years ago, I found this handwritten doctor’s recipe book in a trunk in my grandmother’s attic along with a first edition Longfellow’s Wayside Inn and other books from the mid-1800’s. It is a clear depiction of the life of a doctor during the early years of Michigan history. For years, we wondered who this doctor was, and how this book came into our possession. We were quite certain it came from the lumber baron’s house in Lewiston inherited by my grandmother from her uncle. But the whole story of Dr. Wallace A. Hale, a grandson of Nathaniel Wallace, aide to George Washington in the Revolutionary War, was revealed through an Internet search, and ultimately led us to his living descendants.

I have wanted to restore and publish this book for many years, and finally decided to print the original pages from the book with facing pages that transcribes the handwritten script, along with coded ingredients and the old English apothecary system of weights and measures that was replaced in 1864. Keep in mind that dictionaries were still not common then, so some detective work was necessary to match the spellings. This give a picture of how medicine was used in the 19th century and how many of these remedies are still used today. The original book is part of a collection donated to the State of Michigan Archives.

SALE PRICE ON FIRST EDITION THRU 12/31/2022

340 pages, 18 ounces

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Dimensions 8 × .75 × 6.75 in
ISBN

978-1-954199-01-9

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