![ALMANAC] [QUACKERY] Barker's Illustrated Almanac; Farmers Guide and Household Cook Book. Moore...](/pictures/thumb/2006.jpg?v=1568669108)
Philadelphia: The Barker, Moore & Mien Medicine Co., Inc., 1902. Staplebound. 32 pages. A collection of testimonials, illustrations, recipes, along with the 1902 Almanac. Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment was established in 1859 to promote their patent medicine which was sold as a cure-all for both "Man & Beast". Heavily..... More
Freeport, Ill: W. T. Rawleigh, 1938. Staplebound wraps. 8 x 5 in. 23 pages. Maid order catalog. Items include: Medicines, Toilet Preparations, Soaps, Extracts, Spices, Nectars, Food Products, and Stock & Poultry Supplies. Color illustrations. Owner's address on rear cover with stamp. More
![MEDICINE] [REMEDIES] [QUACKERY] Short Account of Sir Astley Cooper's Vital Restorative,; the Only...](/pictures/thumb/1992.jpg?v=1568918795)
London: Harvey & Co., 1864. Hardcover. 48 pages, (4). 16.5 x 10.5 cm. "The Guide to Manly Vigour." A promotional treatise advocating a remedy for "the forms of Indigestion and Consumption in all their varieties, resulting from secret inadvertency in youth, or from sensual excesses." Readers were advised to send..... More
![NUTRITION] Food and Nutrition. The American Red Cross](/pictures/thumb/1976.jpg?v=1564348385)
Washington DC: The American Red Cross, 1942. Staplebound. 87 pages. 22 x 15 cm. The simple story of what foods to eat, why we should eat them, and how best to provide them at a reasonable cost. Consolidation of broad research contributions in the fields of food and nutrition translated..... More
![NUTRITION] [HERBS] Herbs for First-Aid and Minor Ailments; Drawing by Alison Ross. CERES](/pictures/thumb/1975.jpg?v=1564348383)
Northamptonshire: Thorsons Publishers Limited, 1972. Paperback. 64 pages. 17 x 11 cm. A brief history of herbs and their uses from the Dark Ages, through the Middle Ages, to modern times. Contains discourse on many individual herbs and their uses, including culinary and medicinal applications. Covers rubbed. More
![NUTRITION] [HEALTH] Diet Lists of the Presbyterian Hospital; New York City. NA](/pictures/thumb/1960.jpg?v=1564348342)
New York: 1919. Cloth. 87 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Presbyterian Hospital's recommended diet plans for each of many specified diseases or conditions. Includes specific foods, portion sizes, and day-by-day menus, as applicable. Handwritten index as well as handwritten menu planning. Stamped "PROPERTY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL HOUSE STAFF" on..... More