No. 22: [Snuffs for catarrhs, ointments and pastes for eye diseases, decoctions and powders for nasal and eye diseases], 1760

Item — Box: 2, Item: 22

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Photograph No. 1. An ola on "Snuffs for catarrhs, ointments and pastes for eye diseases, decoctions and powders for nasal and eye diseases", written in ca. 1760.

Photograph No. 2. An ola on "Snuffs for catarrhs, ointments and pastes for eye diseases, decoctions and powders for nasal and eye diseases", written in ca. 1760.

Scope and Contents

Typewritten note on inside of wood cover reads: "Ola (palm-leaf manuscript) written in Pali about 1760 A.D. on a medical subject. The binding cord, ivory carved medallion, and laquered [sic] wooden covers are modern, made in Ceylon by native artists after ancient models. Presented by Dr. Casey Wood, 1934."

Handwritten note on inside of the opposite wood cover reads: "About 150 years old [the 5 has been emended to read 8]. Snuffs for catarrhs. Ointments and pastes for eye diseases. Decoctions & powders of nasal and eye diseases. Sinhalese ola. Ca. 1760 A.D."