Buffalo, NY: Charles A. Drefs, 1915. Original. not bound. Very Good. In part: " . Gradually Eruption Disappears---The Skin made Clean, Pure and Healthy. Have You A Bad Leg with Wounds that Discharge or do not Heal! . There is a poison under the skin . Perhaps your knees or ankles are swollen . ulcerated . discolored . Some may have told you that your case is hopeless, or that amputation was necessary. Drefs' Family Ointment, used in connection with Drefs' Pills, will cure such wounds and sores . Quick results will always follow the use of these two remedies . 40 cents for the Ointment and 65 cents for the Pills." Illustration of an ulcerated leg. 10.5" x 11". (more information)

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NY Adolphine nd [1930s]., 1930. 1st Edition. Old fold marks, else in very good condition. 8.75" x 5.5" (4)pp Adolphine, born in Germany in 1902, here tells of her life since emerging in her teen years as half boy, half girl. She discusses the anomalies of her anatomy, tells why she travels mostly in men's clothing, etc. "I have been on exhibition for many years, and after traveling all over Europe, where I had been showing for various authorities and celebrities, I was persuaded to tour the United States, where I also exhibited in leading vaudeville houses, museums, The Dreamland Circus Side Show in Coney Island, and many others." The four photographs include: a head-and-shoulders portrait of Adolphine; a full-length portrait of her in women's evening clothes; and two full-length semi-nude portraits intended to demonstrate that she is an hermaphrodite. Illustrated by four illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is leaflet. (more information)

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Cincinnati, Ohio American Medical College 1854., 1854. 1st Edition. Lacking paper covers, else in good condition. 9" x 6" 40pp Contains Prof. L.E. Jones's rejoinder to the "malignant and defamatory attack of Dr. J.R. Buchanan," first annual report, &c. First Edition. Binding is stitched spine. (more information)

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Yonkers, NY: Arlington Chem, 1918. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 16pp. Attached, as issued, is a bookmark with Faught's Scale on one side and Woley's Scale on the other. Designed for physicians. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research, 1969. Second Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 48pp, index; illus from photographs and drawings. This reprint of a rare 1917 pamphlet by a Salt Lake City physician advocates "zone therapy" to treat a variety of ailments. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Beecham's Pills, 1923. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 16pp. This pocket compendium of useful data has a young scholar's signature on the paper cover. 5.5" x 4". (more information)

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NY: Borden Co., 1930. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 63pp. Has chapters on nutrition, snacking, school lunches, foods for winter & summer, menus for pre-schoolers, recipes, etc. 7.25" x 4.5". (more information)

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Newark, NJ: Prudential Insurance, 1920. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 16pp; vignettes. Brown explains the principles of nutrition, especially for those of middle and advanced age. 6.5" x 4.25". (more information)

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NY: Church & Dwight, 1922. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Good. Covers neatly repaired. 32pp, index. The cover shows a woman administering Cow Brand Baking Soda to a little girl; on the back is a product picture. This booklet presents a wide array of household and medicinal uses for Cow Brand Soda, all "tested and approved by leading physicians." The uses range from combatting "that relentless enemy of dainty women--excessive armpit perspiration," to treating ivy poison and insect bites, to aiding in the cure of leucorrhoea and influenza, to cooling a "shiny, red, hot-weather complexion." 5.5" x 3.5". (more information)

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Missouri: Knox Company, 1937. Original wraps. Good. 32pp; illus from photographs and drawings. Includes horoscopes, health secrets of famous people such as Ramon Novarro, dream interpretation, trivia, etc. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Fellows Co., 1912. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. Corner chipped from cover. (16)pp. This brochure of "cautionary aphorisms" for doctors aims to refresh them on points "which are apt to be overlooked." Topics include: appendicitis; rectal and uterine cancers; cardiac, gastric, and genito-urinary matters. Also advises on the use of Salversan and Neosalversan in treating syphilis. Contains three pages of testimonials from physicians. 7.75" x 4.5". (more information)

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Hazleton, PA: First Aid Syrup, 1900. not bound. Fine. Small broadside. Includes the recipe for making Kola for medicinal purposes. Coca Cola was invented in 1886 and other cola products followed. 5.25" x 8.25". (more information)

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Savannah: Georgia Medical Society, 1949. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Printed paper covers. 48pp. Contains histories of the Medical Assn of Georgia (1849-1880), the Georgia Medical Society (1804-1949), Savannah hospitals, &c. 9" x 6". (more information)

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NY: Metropolitan Life Insurance, 1926. First Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good. 24pp; text illustrations. On the cover is a portrait of Trudeau. Taken from the authors' biography of Trudeau, who specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis, earning him the title of "the Beloved Physician." 7.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: MacFadden Publications, 1927. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt-stamped binding. pp: v, 151. Updates and expands Bernarr MacFadden's use of food science to maintain health and to prevent or cure disease. 7.5" x 4.75". (more information)

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Boston: Watson's Print, 1850. First Edition. not bound. Fine. Broadside, letterpress-printed in bold type on bright, orange-coated stock, with elaborate, decorative border. Matted and shrink-wrapped. A striking display piece for Hollis's cough candy, "For Sale Here." 10.25" x 8". (more information)

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Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood, 1891. Original. not bound. Very Good. Consists of 34 pieces; tips of two pieces scuffed. This attractive item, ready for display in a vintage frame and two-sided glass, is among the earliest advertising puzzles. Side One is a full-color view of a dapper salesman in a two-horse carriage which is labeled "Hood's Sarsaparilla/Pure Blood - 100 Doses, One Dollar." A kindly gent with umbrella waves as the carriage passes, uttering "That's the Medicine I Take." In the background is a view of a large, brick structure with a roof sign: "Hood's Sarsaparilla Laboratory, C.I. Hood & Co., Proprietors." A barn is painted in yellow letters: "Get Hood's and Only Hood's." The other side of the jigsaw puzzle is a scene in blue on white. At left, a hot-air balloon ascends: "100 Doses - One Dollar" is painted in giant letters on the balloon. At right, a family gazes at the balloon while exclaiming: "Look! Look! There is a Balloon Telling about Hood's Sarsaparilla." Painted on the sides of a barn: "Be Sure to get Hood's" and "Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes the Weak Strong." In the foreground, a crude sign proclaims: "For That Tired Feeling Take Hood's Sarsaparilla - Peculiar to Itself - 100 Doses, One Dollar." At upper right is a scroll: "As up we raise Our wandering gaze, 'Twixt earth and sky Goes floating by The great balloon; Its motto tells How cheaply sells Man's greatest boon-- Hood's Sarsaparilla." 10.5" x 15". (more information)

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1920. not bound. Very Good. Broadside, printed in green ink. YOU FEEL IT TAKE HOLD! YOU FEEL THE RELIEF IN MINUTES! Some slight age-toning. 7.25" x 17". (more information)

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Tokyo Japanese Red Cross Society March 1933., 1933. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Little faint spotting to cover, else in very good condition. 9.5" x 5" 6 panels Begins with the origin of the Society, established 1877 as "The Hakuaisha" to care for sick and wounded during the Civil War. The rest of the text includes: The Patronage of the Imperial Family; The Relief Service in Time of War; The Training of Nurses and Male-Attendants; Relief Service for the Prisoners of War; Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign; Free Treatment; etc. Illustrated by 5 photo-illus in text. First Edition. Binding is brochure. (more information)

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Cincinnati: Andrew Jergens Co., 1911. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Good. Henry Hutt. Pictorial white covers soiled as usual. 67pp; complete with 11 plates. Chapters include: scientific facts about the skin; descriptions and directions for use of Jergens products, with prices; hair care; beauty treatments for different seasons; problem complexions; baths; etc. The plates are from artwork, evocative of the period. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Philadelphia: H.D. Justi & Son, 1920. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Small broadside, one page, printed in color on heavy card stock. Apparently meant to accompany a set of porcelain teeth, this card tells the buyer to return defective teeth to the factory. 7.25" x 5". (more information)

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Boston Chester Kent & Co. nd [ca. 1900]., 1900. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Few small archival repairs to fragile paper, else good condition. 6.75" x 4.75" 32pp w/index Describes the uses of Vinol as a body-builder and Saxo Salve for the skin, including testimonials (one page in German). The text describes the Invalids' Hotel as well as various remedies ascribed to Dr. Pierce, a few "Dainty Dishes for the Invalid," etc. Data on dream interpretation are scattered through the text. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Alexandria, VA, 1863. not bound. Very Good. Partly printed, accomplished by hand. U.S. General Hospital, Alexandria, VA, January 14, 1863. Attests that John Long, Private, Company M, 62 Reg't, Penna Vols, died at this Hospital, January 13th, 1863, of Gun Shot wound . Signed by John E. S[---], Surgeon, in charge of the hospital. Below that is an inventory of the effects of Private Long, who died at Mansion House Hospital, as above. His belongings amounted to one knapsack and two blankets. A bit of research reveals that Pvt Long died of wounds received at the Battle of Fredericksburg, a Union disaster, where 70 men of the 62nd were killed wounded, or missing. In the Diary of Mary Phinney, she provides insight into the scene at Mansion House Hospital, one of squalor, death, and horror. Ms. Phinney volunteered there as a nurse, serving under Dorothea Dix. She notes that Dix had warned her that "the surgeon in charge [Dr. S, she calls him] was determined to give her no foothold in any hospital where he reigned, and that I was to take no notice of anything that might occur, and was to make no complaint whatever might happen." The 62nd Regiment, Penna Volunteers, has come to be viewed as "a forgotten regiment of distinction." 9.75" x 8". (more information)

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NY: Metropolitan Life, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Good. Some signs of use. 32pp; illus of exercises. Has chapters on diet, the dangers of drugs, food values, menus, and 10 reducing exercises. Height/weight table laid in. 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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NY: Metropolitan Life, 1930. First Edition. Self-wraps. Good. 8pp. Offers advice on prevention of respiratory illness and on caring for patients at home. 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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Ekkhart, IN: Dr. Miles Laboratories, 1933. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. The spine ends are a bit chipped. 34pp; photo-illus throughout text. Color-pictorial covers. The usual weather and zodiac data are secondary to the adverts for patent medicines. Includes three full-page ads for Alka-Seltzer and a number more for Nervine and Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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Chicago: National Dairy Council, 1952. 2nd printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 23pp; vignettes. Tells how women can improve their lives and personalities and acquire "that sparkle" by getting enough rest, careful eating, playing outdoors, socializing ("dates are necessary only for dancing"), working on a hobby, cleanliness, etc. 5.25" x 3.5". (more information)

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Maywood, IL: National Herb, 1950. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. pp: 44, (2); 24pp illus of herbs. Covers the efficacy of natural herbs, the treatment of illness (colitis, gallbladder, jaundice) with teas and tablets, etc. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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Boston: D. Hooton, Printer, 1834. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadside, matted and framed to overall size of 15" x 10.75". This striking woodcut broadside features display type and a full border of printer's devices. Hollis's ointment is intended for "Salt Rheum, Ringworms, Pimples on the face and all kind of humours and eruptions on the skin, Scald Head, &c." Gives detailed directions for use of the ointment. "N.B.--During the application of Ointment to eruptions, &c., the bowels should be kept regularly open by gentle laxatives, as Senna, Rochelle or Epsom Salts, or Syrup of Buckthorn; make free use also of a decoction of Sarsaparilla Root with a little Sassafras Bark united." [See Romaine, A Guide to American Trade Catalogs, p. 130 for an 1834 patent medicine pamphlet by Thomas Hollis.] 10" x 6.5". (more information)

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Various Places: not published, 1920. Originals. not bound. Very Good. Six items, measuring 1"x2" to 3.5"x6": blotter with photo of woman, child and horse, from Dion Drug Co. of Somersworth, N.H., Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Prescriptions Carefully Compounded; Curtis Bay Pharmacy of Baltimore, MD, C.B.P. Pure Olive Oil.; W.E. Chapman, Pharmacist, of Fairlee, Vermont, Soda Mint Tablets with dosage; Toiletine Co. of Greenfield, MA, Colodine Antiseptic and Healing Liquid Court Plaster, "Sterilizes the wound then seals it up"; Suffield Pharmacy of Suffield, CT, Sweet Spirit of Nitre, contents and dosage; Curtis Bay Pharmacy of Baltimore, Borax label. various sizes. (more information)

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