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Microfilm copies (14 reels) of manuscripts from the British Library relating to 'Medieval and Early Modern Women' (Part 1), including the works of Katharine Aston (1619-1658), Katharine Austen (1628-1683), Christine de Pisan (1363/4-c. 1429), Lady Margaret Hoby (1571-1633), Julian of Norwich (c. 1343-c. 1413), Margery Kempe (c. 1373-c. 1439), Marie de France (fl. 1181), and Katharine Parr (1512-1548); together with a published guide (Adam Matthew Publications, 2000)

Medieval medical texts, written in Italy in the fourteenth century: Nicolaus [Salernitanus], Antidotarium (ff. 1-21 verso); [Johannes de Parma], Collectiones omnibus capitulorum libri Mesue (ff. 22-25); Compilatio flebotomie de qualibet vena (ff. 25-26); recipes, 'Cassia fistulatum...' (ff. 26-27); recipes in two later hands of XIV or XV cent. (ff. 27-37).
Folios 1 and 2, 6 and 7, 18 and 19 are palimpsests. The lower script, partly legible under ultra-violet light, is from a book of transacts of a notary, Albericus [?], 'notarius sacri palatii', written not much earlier than the medical texts; there is reference in one document (f. 12) to 'villa de quart' [?Quart, near Aosta].

A transcript by Richard Jones Phillips, Penrallt Kiber, St Dogmaels, co. Pembroke, of William Salmon, Synopsis Medicinae: a Compendium of Physick, Chirurgery and Anatomy (2nd edn, London: Th. Dawks, 1681) pp. 253-69, comprising Book II, chapters 32 'Presages by the Urine' (beginning wanting), 33 'Presages by the Pulses', and 34 'Presages by Affections in Acute Diseases'; with a short English-Welsh vocabulary of medical terms on the back cover.

A collection of medical recipes, astrological notes and diagrams, and a list of christian names. Some of the recipes and notes are in cipher. The monogram 'M.L.' occurs twice in the manuscript.

Pocket ledger, probably belonging to John Jones of Ty'n-ddol, Llangernyw, co. Denbigh (see f. 18v), comprising medical and veterinary recipes in Welsh; estimates and costs for repairing and enlarging farm buildings, 1859; a rental of farms in Llangernyw, 1857; a summary of personal income and expenditure, 1840-1883; and measurements of Ty'n-ddol and Bwlch-y-gwynt, Llangernyw.

A manuscript volume in English and Welsh, 1854-1858, compiled by Griffith Griffiths, shopkeeper, Pen-y-graig, Llangwnnadl, Caernarvonshire, mainly containing medicinal recipes (NLW MS 23711iA).
A medico-botanical map of the world, [c. 1868], and two pamphlets, [1930s], relating to his grandson, the medical herbalist Griffith Griffiths, Bangor, and the family's cure for 'wild warts' ('y ddafad wyllt') are filed separately (NLW MS 23711iiC).

The prescription book of Daniel Lewis, M.D., Plas Llangeitho.

An 18th century manuscript containing medical prescriptions.

The District Medical Officer's relief book for the Newcastle Emlyn Union, with names of patients and of the diseases, ailments, etc. for which they were treated, 1879-1885.

Medical notes and diagrams by Timothy Richards Lewis. English. (Formerly T. R. Lewis MS 4.) Donated by Colonel W. H. Lewis, London, November 1925.

Medical notes and diagrams by Timothy Richards Lewis. English. (Formerly T. R. Lewis MS 2.) Donated by Colonel W. H. Lewis, London, November 1925.

Copies preserved by John Griffith, Llwyndyrus, army surgeon in the Peninsular War, of instructions issued to army medical officers by the Inspector General of Hospitals.

Medical and household recipes by Sarah Charles (née Jones) and others. English. Between boards. Donated by T. Charles Edwards, Ampleforth College, February 1974.

Medical and culinary recipes by Mary Owen. (Formerly Howell Ll. Davies MS 1.) English. Vellum. Purchased from the library of Howell Lloyd Davies, Ruabon, 1949.

Meddygon Myddfai: Collation of B.M. Addl 14912 by Sir H. I. Bell. English, Welsh. In boards. Sourced from Sir H. Idris Bell, April 1950.

Llyfr nodiadau, [18 gan., canol], yn cynnwys meddyginiaethau a ryseitiau meddyginiaethol, ynghyd â detholiadau a nodiadau yn bennaf yn ymwneud â phynciau meddygol, iechyd a gwyddoniaeth. Ymddengys fel pe bai'r awdur wedi nodi darganfyddiadau meddygol a wnaed ganddo ef ei hun ar ff. 66 verso-7. = A notebook, [mid-19 cent.], containing remedies and medical recipes, together with notes and extracts mainly on medical topics, general health and science. It appears that the author has noted his own medical discoveries on ff. 66 verso-7.

Medical recipes and prescriptions bound with four pamphlets, namely Herbal, neu Lysieu-Lyfr ... Wedi eu casglu allan o waith N. Culpeper, ... Gan D. T. Jones (Caernarfon, 1816-1817), in three parts, and Drych i Ddwfr Cleifion ... (Caerfyrddin, 1765).

Deeds relating to north Wales, mostly the Abergele area, Denbighshire, 1574-1848, and plans and particulars of sales of premises in Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1900-1917.