![HEALTH] [TRADE CATALOGUE] Pastilles Valda. Les Yoghis aux Indes](/pictures/thumb/1367.jpg?v=1561400778)
Paris: c.1914. Wraps. [Paris: Pastilles Valda, 1914?] 32 pages. Color pictorial wrappers. Illustrations throughout. Promotional booklet for this line of pills, with three-page illustrated introductory essay on Indian Yoghis and the practice of “anaboise” (resuscitating through breath) - a textual leap is made of the product. More
![MANUSCRIPT] [PHARMACY] Excelsior Diary](/pictures/thumb/1248.jpg?v=1579647246)
San Francisco, CA. Cardboard covers. Repurposed 1895 Diary. 17.5 x 9 cm. Written in pen Harry Lapidaire, Pharmacist, My Father on Tues. Jan., 1895. Remedies and recipes handwritten in pencil throughout. Entries include: Poison Oak, Antiseptic Solution, Sore Nipples, Syphilis, Bug Poison, Tooth Ache Drops, etc. One-quarter used. The Excelsior..... More
Hollywood, California: Ada J. Alberty, 1939. Second Edition. Hardcover. 195 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A self-published dietetic book based on the author's personal contact with clients. Records show Alberty had been sued by the government in the 1940's for misbranding of a drug and transporting over state lines. Interior..... More
London: John Murray, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual, filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock, making butter, brewing and the management of malt liquors, the..... More
![MANUSCRIPT] Remedies & Recipes; Rec'd Phila May 25th 1867 - of Jos. D. Austin. Joseph D. Austin](/pictures/thumb/2295.jpg?v=1601325971)
Philadelphia: 1867. Unpaginated. 22 pages. 9 x 15.5 cm. Oblong note pad, written on front and back. Handwritten recipes and remedies: Artificial Cider, Salves, Cough Syrups, Pain Relief, Cancer Cure - Jacob Jones 1793, Tonics, Cordials, Bitters, etc. Expertly rebacked and reinforced. Covers heavily rubbed. More
![ITALIAN] [PHARMACEUTICAL] Note Di Terapia Pratica. G. MD Borromeo](/pictures/thumb/2055.jpg?v=1578157867)
Milan: 1934. Staplebound. 31 pages. 20 x 14.5 Elegant chromolithographic covers. Italian language monthly periodical/promotional booklet for three products: Elastina, Enterasi, and Pantoidina, including 12 pages of testimonials by Italian doctors. Dubious claims of relieving Gastritis, Heart Disease, and Hepatitis accompanied by case studies. Light toning. More
San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Co., Printers, 1875. Original wraps. The first 17 pages review various metal characteristics, accompanied by collection of instructions on manipulating metals. Recipes for fire works, baking, preserving, sacrament wine, and home remedies are listed along with various land measurements, and silver & gold worth..... More
![MEDICINE] [WOMEN] [ABNORMALITIES] On the Nature of Various Substances Formed in and Discharged...](/pictures/thumb/2040.jpg?v=1576089244)
London: John Churchill, 1858. Sewn binding. 7 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Bound together with: Account of the History and Dissection of a Case of malformation of the Urinary Bladder, with Remarks - A. Melville M'Whinnie, 8 pages, London: Wilson & Ogilvy. An uncommon pamphlet on gynecology, with illustrations examining..... More
Edinburgh: William Gordon, 1758. Hardcover. 436 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Medical theory and practice developed rapidly during the mid 1700's and advances in the printing press helped spread scholarship by disseminating both new and long-standing theories of medical concepts. Mackenzie applies this principle by including the history of medicine..... More
![MEDICAL] [HOME BREWING] The New Improved THERMAL VAPOR BATH CABINET; Turkish, Russian and Mineral...](/pictures/thumb/1667.jpg?v=1548707490)
Toledo, Ohio: 1897. Pamphlet. 14.5 x 9 cm. (34 x 9 fully opened). Illustrated, threefold, thermal bath pamphlet. Application information along with testimonials, with one from the "Home Brewing Co." which leads us to believe these were not just used for medical treatments. Some toning with owners signature on cover..... More
![GREEK] [LATIN] [MEDICINE] Volumen de alimentorum facultatbus juxta ordinem literarum digestum....](/pictures/thumb/2293.jpg?v=1601224929)
Paris: Lutetiae Parisiorum, 1658. Hardcover. 174 pages. (error in pagination: 154 for 145). 17.5 x 11 cm. Each page with parallel text in Greek and Latin. Seth's reference on the Properties of Foods may be the most significant record of how dietetics were put into practice by Byzantine and Arabic..... More
Chicago: The American Cereal Co., 1895. Staplebound. 15 pages. 14 x 9 cm. Early American Cereal Co. (more commonly known as Quaker Oats) advertising pamphlet featuring a peculiar circus act performed by grasshoppers. Charming color illustrations throughout. Small closed tear to front cover, otherwise crisp and clean. More
![REMEDIES] [SONG BOOK] A Few Old Favorites. The J. R. Watkins Co](/pictures/thumb/2056.jpg?v=1578157871)
Newark, NJ: The J.R. Watkins Co., c. 1930. Staplebound wraps. 9 x 5 1/2 in. 24 pages. Song book/promotional advertisement for Watkins Liniment. Filled with customer reviews and testimonials. Black and white illustrations. Spine lightly rubbed. More