![Item #1944 [NUTRITION] The Price We Pay for Dietetic Errors. Ada J. Alberty](/pictures/thumb/1944.jpg?v=1678135064)
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
![Item #2055 [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
![Item #2040 [MEDICINE] [WOMEN] [ABNORMALITIES] On the Nature of Various Substances Formed in and...](/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
![Item #2436 [PHOTOGRAPHY] [NURSE] Nurse in Training Album; Annotated. J. Hill](/pictures/thumb/2436.jpg?v=1613164807)
Providence, RI: 1927-1930. Hardcover. Unpaginated [22 pp]. 18 x 25.5 cm. 8 photos laid in & one letter. A charming photo album featuring female nursing students, primarily trained at the Homeopathic Hospital in Providence, RI. Photos include outings to Lincoln woods, group photos, photos with patients, and five doctors (with..... 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