Handwritten book of prescriptions and recipes believed to have belonged to George H. Cary, a Louisville druggist from 1827 until a few years before his death in 1886.

Handwritten, once bound, collection of formulae includes treatments for a variety of human ailments and symptoms, the pharmacist recorded prescriptions for horses and chickens, for tooth powder, tobacco flavorings, creosote, gin, ginger beer, ink, rat paste, washing soda, diamond cement, and cologne.