(MEDICINE) Massive scrapbook of prescription slips kept by a

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(MEDICINE.) Massive scrapbook of prescription slips kept by a St. Louis pharmacist. 145 leaves containing approximately 6,000 manuscript prescription slips from various doctors, some of them dated and/or naming specific patients, many of them numbered sequentially by the pharmacist. Folio, front board detached, lacking rear board and backstrip; outer leaves worn and soiled. St. Louis, MO, 1884-86

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This volume was apparently compiled by pharmacist Henry F. Hassebrock (1858-1904), whose office was at the corner of 13th and Washington Streets in St. Louis. Doctors from the surrounding neighborhood sent their patients to his office for their medicine. It is unclear whether he preserved these slips for legal reasons or as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but they offer an interesting look at medical practice of the time.