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194635110Various: Various 1946. Wraps. Good. Lot 5 vintage illustrated almanacs promoting health cures etc. Condition varies from fair to very good. <br /> <br /> 1. Watkins Almanac Home Doctor & Cook Book. Winona Minnesota 1915. 96 pages including the back cover. Darkened creased edges. Tears to the paper spine. Fair condition;<br /> 2. Dr. D. Jayne's Medical Almanac and Guide to Health. Philadelphia 1932. 32 pages. Paper repaired spine. Toning and edge creases to the paper. Fair or better.<br /> 3. Swamp-Root Dream Book Almanac. Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghampton N.Y. 1939. 32 pages. Edge wear to the paper. Fair to good condition.<br /> 4. Swamp-Root Dream Book Almanac. Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghampton N.Y. 1940. 32 pages. Edge wear to the paper. Fair to good condition.<br /> 5. Illinois Herb Co. Healthway Products 1946 Almanac. 80 pages. Very good condition. Various unknown
191882872Chicago: G. Bertelli 1918. Single quarto issue in tan paper wrappers; 16pp; illus. Wrappers present but tattered with chips to margins; contents complete and fresh. A sound Good copy. <br /> <br /> Apparently unrecorded Italian-language journal of naturopathy published in Chicago under the editorship of Nicandro A. Ferri who also published a few naturopathic titles in English including "The Behavior of Health" 1930 and "Soybeans the Wonder Food" 1938. The magazine's focus appears to have been primarily on nutrition and digestive health; Ferri contributes two such articles to the present issue; other contributors include E. Piccoli "Il senso alimentare"; J.H. Tilden a translation of his essay on the treatment of gonorrhoea; others. Not located in OCLC under title editor or publisher. G. Bertelli unknown
195760508New York & London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Printed in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1957. 8vo. 10 145 1 pp. Photo frontisp. with numerous photo plates. Blue tweed publisher’s boards silver lettering on spine minor dustsoiling slight bowing to covers w/ d.j. surrealistic cover art of pilot wearing breathing mask minor shelfwear British price clipped U.S. price of 3.75 rubber stamped w/ imprint on jacket still VG/VG copy. First American edition of this surprisingly uncommon memoir and study of Altitude Training Program during World War II and afterwards designed to familiarize flying aviators and bombing crews with the physiological principles in ascent to high altitude. He details the research to aid pilots in coping with great hights trans-sonic speeds violent acceleration parachute drops exposure fatigue during the mammoth Berlin airlift and early studies of the effects of observing an atomic explosion mushroom cloud from a Canberra jet. Thomas Nelson and Sons, [Printed in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.], hardcover
191363776New York: Douglas C. McMurtrie 1913. Tall 8vo. xii 99 15 memorandum blanks pp. Quarter-brown cloth over textured boards gilt lettering title stamped on front cover minor chipping & bumping to corners notch at rear fore-edge still a G copy. First edition stated of this first reference work devoted entirely to the medical care physical therapy and social movements to mediate the plight of the disabled during the last part of the Progressive Era on the eve of World War I. McMurtrie 1888-1944 was a noted graphic designer typeface designer typographer historian and more importantly assembled the largest collection at the beginning of the 20th Century on the care challenges reform movements orthopedics and other aspects of aiding the disabled in an era when they were largely forgotten by society. Unfortunately the movement was largely swept away by the Great Polio Epidemic of 1916 World War I the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1917-1919 the post-World War I recession and the subsequent Red Scare. See: Warren Shaw Meet Douglas C. McMurtrie A Great Disability Ally AbleNews June 1 2024. Douglas C. McMurtrie, hardcover
193654247New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1936. 8vo. 238 pp. Black cloth gilt illust. of doctor’s horse-drawn cart front cover gilt lettering w/ d.j. minor scuffing very small tear back cover edgewear still NF/VG copy. Second printing of this frank and outspoken memoir by a country doctor in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. His blunt discussion about sexuality abortion and illegitimate pregnancies led to a recommendation in the 1930s for libraries such as those in Wisconsin to not offer the book for general circulation. Thomas Y. Crowell, hardcover
191763239Lynn MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. 1917. 12mo. 32 pp. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of shapely kitchen maid w/ views of women golfing skiing skating playing tennis and basketball on back cover in red black & gray slight interior toning still NF copy. First edition of advertising promotional cookbook from the woman responsible for the first American "racket" who capitalized on woman's weakness and made her name a household word selling the patent medicine -- “Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.†The famed “Vegetable Compound†marketed to women to relieve menstrual cramps and menopausal symptoms first developed in 1873 contained black cohosh life root unicorn root pleurisy root and fenugreek seed with a “preservative†of 20% alcohol. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., paperback
191078626New York New York; New Orleans Louisiana; Jacksonville Florida: Monticello Drug Co 1910. Small broadside 5 1/2" x 8" printed on the recto only. Two small punctures to the left margin with a pair of faint horizontal creases; otherwise very good.<br /> <br /> An advertisement for Monticello Drug Co.'s No. 666 preparation this leaflet describes the uses of the patent medicine malaria chills and fever colds constipation as well as a preventative its pricing and its miraculous qualities. The drug company was founded by Tharp Spencer Roberts a registered pharmacist and incorporated in 1908. The "devilish" name of No. 666 was actually derived from the prescription pad number on which Roberts had written the new formula while purportedly treating a rural preacher with a severe case of malaria. Monticello Drug Co unknown
1970049515Istanbul 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. Original typewritten letter with autograph signature. 1 p. In Turkish with Latin script. Dated 21/21/1970. Written from Erenköy Istanbul to Fethi Tevetoglu 1916-1989 Turkish author doctor politician and encyclopedist. It says his current cure and he continue to write his autobiography for encyclopedia by Fethi Tevetoglu. Also some celebration and good wishes. <br/> <br/> paperback
195753374Place_Pub: Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins Press 1957. fair to good. 97 wraps illus. footnotes references cover edges and spine discolored text slightly darkened. Edited by Owsei Temkin. Contains an article pp. 162-171 on "The Famous Harrison Case and Its Repercussions" by Linden F. Edwards on the disappearance of the body of John Scott Harrison son of President William Henry Harrison and father of President Benjamin Harrison from its supposedly secure grave and its discovery in a chute in the Medical College of Ohio. Also contains articles on the concept of cerebral localization in the 19th century the diseases of domestic animals yellow fever Benjamin Franklin and the rise of free treatment of the poor by the medical profession of Philadelphia and others. The Johns Hopkins Press paperback
1999AME_9780683307986LWW 1999. N/A. Paperback. New/New. LWW paperback
1996USD_9780815179535Mosby 1996. 1st. Paperback. UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew. Mosby paperback
1992567886New York: Orion Books 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gold wrappers. Slight waviness else near fine. Orion Books unknown
1990AME_9780309043458NationaAcademy 1990. N/A. Paperback. New/New. NationaAcademy paperback
1991USD_9780309044905NationaAcademy 1991. N/A. Paperback. UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew. NationaAcademy paperback
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1990AME_9780309043434NationaAcademy 1990. N/A. Unknown Binding. New/New. NationaAcademy unknown
1988AME_9780309038324NationaAcademy 1988. N/A. Paperback. New/New. NationaAcademy paperback
1989AME_9780309039826NationaAcademy 1989. N/A. Unknown Binding. New/New. NationaAcademy unknown
1989AME_9780309041287NationaAcademy 1989. 1st. Paperback. New/New. NationaAcademy paperback
1990AME_9780309042864NationaAcademy 1990. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. NationaAcademy hardcover
1993AME_9780309048828NationaAcademy 1993. N/A. Paperback. New/New. NationaAcademy paperback
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1988USD_9780309038928NationaAcademy 1988. 1st. Paperback. UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew. NationaAcademy paperback
1988AME_9780309038928NationaAcademy 1988. 1st. Paperback. New/New. NationaAcademy paperback
1991AME_9780309045322NationaAcademy 1991. N/A. Unknown Binding. New/New. NationaAcademy unknown
