Administrative record - Chemist Prescription Book, Apothecary Hall Prescription Book M J Ryan Pharmaceutical Chemist Warrnambool, Early 20th century

Historical information

This ledger contains the prescriptions given by a Warrnambool chemist from 1928 to 1931. The entries include information on the clients names, the dates and the contents of the prescriptions. Much of the content of the prescriptions is not intelligible to the lay person today. Unfortunately the name of the chemist is not known.

Significance

This ledger is of interest because of the names included and these provide information for researchers.

Physical description

This is a ledger with a hard cover with cloth covering and leather binding. The inside covers have a red mottled pattern. The pages contain an alphabetical index at the front, printed red lines and black headings with hand written entries in black ink The leather spine and cover are damaged.

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