![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
![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
![MEDICAL] [MANUSCRIPT] [ACCOUNT BOOK] Ledger - Dr. Peter Fahrney; of Oak Park, Illinois, for...](/pictures/thumb/2085.jpg?v=1581356889)
Hardcover. 37 x 17 cm. 119 linen-backed leaves of manuscript notations and paste down documents. Peter Fahrney [1840-1905], president and founder of Fahrney & Sons Co., was born in Maryland to a family of herbal practitioners. His grandfather, known as Ole Dr. Peter Fahrney, was well known in the Boonsboro..... 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
![NUTRITION] [HEALTH] Diet Lists of the Presbyterian Hospital; New York City. NA](/pictures/thumb/1960.jpg?v=1576696207)
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