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1900SW476-7230c. early 1900s. Ephemera. Very Good. Group of 23 postcards most of them in full-color a few in b/w offering scenes of New York and Chicago ships flowers children and more -- a true hodge-podge in excellent condition. Postcards must have been removed from a scrapbook as many have remains of paper still stuck to the verso. <br/><br/> unknown
1880109577Philadelphia: P. Blakiston Son & Co. 1880 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. This Fourth Series includes Brain-Work and Over-Work by Prof. H. C. Wood MD; School and Industrial Hygiene by D. F. Lincoln MD; and Our Homes by Henry Hartshorne MD. 149 pages illustrated. Cover is faded/stained; interior is in very good condition. Bookplate inside front cover inked name on free endpaper. P. Blakiston, Son & Co. hardcover
1875106798New York: Charles P. Somerby 1875 Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. Part First: "Embracing health digestion disease and the science of the reproductive organs" illustrated with one hundred and twenty-five illustrations by Kappes Spiegle and Treat. Part Second: "Embracing dress heredity child-training kitchen and dining room ethics". An illustrated popular medicine text from the late nineteenth century. Cover has moderate wear edgewear light rub marks 1 page of the contents is separated from the binding; light foxing. Charles P. Somerby hardcover
1900207382Colombo Ceylon.: Plâté Ltd. Early1900s. Eight pictorial colour postcards all captioned and numbered with the publisher's studio series versos blank in two columns 8.8 x 13.8 cms or portrait in very good condition. Eight Plâté photographic postcards the last four from their "Art series" : <br>No. 13 A Tamil Lady in Rickshaw Ceylon <br>No. 18 Hindu Temple Colombo Ceylon <br>No. 20 Mohammadan Mosque Colombo Ceylon <br>No. 36 Temple Elephants after their bath Kandy Ceylon <br>No. 43 A typical road scene Ceylon <br>No. 54 A Double Bullock Cart Ceylon <br>No. 82 Street Scene in Pettah Colombo Ceylon <br>No. 105 Street Scene in the Pettah showing Native Quarters Colombo Ceylon <br> <br>A. W. Plâté & Co. was a prominent photographic studio in Ceylon now Sri Lanka founded in 1890 by Alfred William Amandus Plâté a German-born apothecary. The Plâté firm was instrumental in popularizing photography on the island and quickly became renowned for its high-quality photographic postcards capturing the island's landscapes people and daily life during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1907 their annual postcard production reached half a million. ".Plâté provides an important testimony to the development of colonial Ceylon during a crucial period of many changes and a substantive repository that provides a visual archive to support further historical research." see Benita Stambler "Maintaining the Photographic Legacy of Ceylon" on the University of Michigan's website . Plâté Ltd. unknown
1860088425Boston: Bradley Dayton & Co. 1860 Book. Fair. Leather. First Edition. "Being a brief description in plain language of all the diseases of men women and children with the latest and most approved methods of curing them. illustrated by thirty-six figures on eight splendid colored lithograph plates and three hundred and thirty-six engravings". Leather binding is quite worn with the front board and endpaper removed but present; rear board is nearly detached; text is in very good condition. . Bradley, Dayton & Co. hardcover
1900D7004early-to-mid 1900s. Ephemera. Near Fine. Collection of 7 sepia and b/w picture postcards photographic one of them hand-colored each about 3.5 x 5.5 inches. All are addressed to Alfred Creutzberg handwritten in English or German on the verso except one where the handwriting is written in the photo border framing the girl's face with their original postage stamps and postmarks. Mr. Creutzberg must have been a known fan of the ladies as the singers and actresses his friends sent him include: Janet Alexander Reta Walter 2 but not duplicates Aenny Hindermann image a bit silvered prettily so Edna May Isabel Jay and Denise Orme. <br/><br/> unknown
1899010709Niagara Falls Canada: Privately Published 1899. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Early archive related to Niagara Falls consisting of 5 mounted b/w photos all dated May 4 1899 with location captioned on the back. Photographer unknown. Photo size 12 X 9cm - Card size 25 X 20cm. 1. Porter's Bluff and Horse-Shoe Falls 2. Beneath the Canadian end of Horse-Shoe Falls 3. American end of Horse-Shoe Falls 4. American Falls showing Luna Island & American shore from Goat Island 5. American Rapids. Includes - 10 Vintage postcard views of the falls dating about 1904 - 1910. Also Includes - Late 19th century handbill for tourists 23 X 10cm promoting a trip on the "Maid of the Mist". Merchants Gargling Oil advertisement printed on the back of the handbill. Note: paper loss at the bottom of the handbill. Additional photos available if required. Inquiries welcome. <br/> <br/> Privately Published unknown
1841108608Boston: Daniel L. Hale 1841 Book. Fair. Leather. First Edition. Volume I of this two volume mid-19th century work on healthy living and medicine. Includes a view of the human body old school practice of physic vegetable materia medica compounds practice of medicine and a guide for women. 592 pages plus glossary and index; illustrated. Leather binding is worn and rubbed; rear free endpaper is torn; text is in very good condition; the two pages of illustrations of the human skeleton is worn on the edges. Daniel L. Hale hardcover
189517093AB1895. Paris Charles Ogerau a.a. 1895 - 1902. 14 : 9 cm. 17 phtographic postcards. All postcards are addressed to Madame Dr. F. von Scanzoni the wife of the famous doctor Friedrich Wilhelm von Scanzoni at his time the celebrate doctor for midwifery alle von einem Onkel Jacob. All from famous Parisian ateliers like Charels Ogerau Henri Manuel Paul Boyer and others. The portraits are of Mara d'Asti Nina d'Asty Liane de Vries Luca Gerard Anna Held Charlotte Wieh and others. unknown
189517092AB1895. Paris Reutlinger 1895 - 1902. 14 : 9 cm. 30 phtographic postcards. All postcards are addressed to Madame Dr. F. von Scanzoni the wife of the famous doctor Friedrich Wilhelm von Scanzoni at his time the celebrate doctor for midwifery alle von einem Onkel Jacob. The portraits are of Madame de Villers Carolus Duran Luz Chavita Réjane Marcell Lender u.v.a. unknown
187331209Boston 1873. Original printed wrappers stitched. 60 1 3 blanks pp. Front wrapper spotted and detached but present; some light spotting to lower blank margins of first several leaves. Good.<br /> <br /> The Massachusetts Medical Society preferred charges against Bushnell Fuller and six other physician members of the Society for "Conduct unbecoming and unworthy an honorable physician and member of this Society" i.e. practicing homeopathy. The Society's Board of Trial conducted the proceedings "at the Society's Rooms." The alleged miscreants purportedly sought to "disorganize and destroy" the Massachusetts Medical Society and to become members of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society. A By-Law of the Massachusetts Medical Society prohibited any Member from professing "to cure diseases by Spiritualism Homoeopathy or Thompsonianism."<br /> With defendants protesting what they regarded as a kangaroo-court the trial proceeded. The detailed closing arguments for "the Accused" are printed here as well as summaries of the testimony. In what was a foregone conclusion they were all found guilty and expelled from the Massachusetts Medical Society. <br /> II Harv. Law Cat. 1031. unknown
1847323890Waterbury CT 1847. 4pp. Folded 4to sheet. Usual folds. 4pp. Folded 4to sheet. ".The Profession are willing that Homeopathy should be examined but only on condition that it shall be done with the mind made up as to the result. If conclusions are reached contract to received opinions they refuse to listen not merely to the reasoning but to the testimony of their former associates . I entered upon a set of experiments to satisfy my own mind on a single point. This point appears to me worthy of all the prominence I gave it in my essay. To it I think most of the objections urged against the system generally are not applicable. I endeavored to show that in doses very much smaller than the Profession usually suppose possible there is an alternative power in medicines which can be made available in the cure of disease."<br /> <br /> Rodman would publish his paper on the subject in 1851 titled An Examination of the Evidence in Regard to Infinitesimal Doses. unknown
1852ST19516London: H. Baillière 1852-53. FIRST EDITION. 263 x 165 mm. 10 3/8 x 6 1/2". Two volumes. <br/> Publisher's olive green cloth covers decorated in gilt and blind spine attractively gilt the volumes very expertly recased with new appropriate endpapers. WITH 66 VERY ATTRACTIVE HAND-COLORED PLATES lithographed by H. Sowerby. Harvard Arnold Arboretium p. 314; Nissen BBI 778. ◆Spines faded to brown a few minor signs of use but the bindings solid and definitely appealing. Occasional minor foxing one plate with a small spray of black dots from printing process but a fine copy internally the text clean and fresh and the plates bright with pleasing colors.<br/> <br/> This work promotes the efficacy of homeopathic remedies through the use of detailed botanical illustrations and thorough descriptions of 66 plants--from benign specimens such as chamomile and coffee to hazardous species such as poison ivy and ergot. The descriptions of each plant include their botanical characteristics history means of identification geographical distribution physiological effects in humans and animals parts of the plant used and methods of preparation and their general use in homeopathy as well as numerous case studies and clinical observations that supposedly prove the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies in the treatment of various physical and mental diseases. Edward Hamilton 1815-1903 was a member of the British Homeopathic Society and a Physician to the London Homeopathic Hospital founded in 1849. In addition to providing a useful reference for practitioners of homeopathy Hamilton attempts in the present work to elevate and legitimize the practice in the eyes of the public and the larger medical community. The origins of homeopathy go back to the end of the 18th century but the approach became especially popular in the 19th century as an alternative to conventional Western medicine--often referred to by homeopaths as "allopathy"--whose methods at the time could be ineffectual or even dangerous to the health of the patient for example bloodletting and purging. Practitioners of homeopathy operate under the belief that "like cures like." In the words of the National Library of Medicine this means that "Practitioners select a drug that would if given to a healthy volunteer cause the presenting symptoms of the patient. For example the homoeopathic remedy Allium cepa is derived from the common onion. Contact with raw onions typically causes lacrimation stinging and irritation around the eyes and nose and clear nasal discharge. Allium cepa might be prescribed to patients with hay fever especially if both nose and eyes are affected." Crucially homeopathic remedies are harmless to the patient because they are diluted many times over--to the point that the active ingredient is an infinitesimal part of the solution. For example when taken this way the fatal Atropa Belladonna commonly known as Deadly Nightshade which "produces phenomena of inflammation in the peripheral tissues" is especially successful at treating ailments related to inflammation. The author notes that it was even administered as a prophylaxis against scarlet fever dubious studies of which are discussed here at length. Other surprising recommendations in the book include Henbane for nymphomania Bitter Cucumber for dysentery and Cannabis for a range of maladies that include tetanus acne and gonorrhea. Our copy is in remarkably good condition for a work that was intended to be referred to again and again with the hand-colored plates being unusually bright and especially well preserved. There are very few early homeopathic books with significant illustrations and none approaching the level of detail and artistry seen in the present work. H. Baillière unknown