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187460344Tuskaloosa AL: Alabama Insane Hospital 1874. Newspaper. 11 3/4 x 9 ¼ inches. 7 Issues: vol. 1 nos. 1-3 vol. 2 nos. 5 and 8 and vol. 3 nos. 9 and 10 each issue containing four pages apparently 21 issues in five volumes were published through 1876. This was the third magazine produced by patients in an American asylum the first in the south. The other two were the Asylum Journal Vermont Asylum for the Insane 1842-46 and the Opal New York Asylum 1850-1860. The content much of it dealing with the inner workings of the asylum and its needs includes articles from Darwinism to Spiritualism and engages arguments with the definitions of insanity and the treatments then in practice. Some of the articles are tinged with humor toward the hospital's employees from poetry on the perils of working as a nurse in a hospital for the insane to running an ad for a wife for an official of the hospital. Owen p. 993 No. 21 only his copy. OCLC locates two runs National Library of Medicine: Vol.1 no. 3 and Vol. 2 no. 5; Alabama Department of Archives and History: Vol. 1 nos. 1 &2 ; Vol. 2 nos. 7 & 8; Vol. 3 nos. 9 & 10; Vol. 4 no. 16; Vol. 5 nos. 17 & 18; Vol. 8 no. 21. The Alabama Insane Hospital was conceived under the influence of Dorothea Dix instrumental in the selection of Dr. Peter Bryce as its first superintendent in 1860 and Thomas Story Kirkbride its architect. Bryce 1834-1892 who had studied progressive ideas of treating the insane in Europe would head the institution until his death. The perennially underfunded hospital would prove self sufficient employing the patients to provide food heat and this newspaper both the editorial work and the printing process among other services reflecting the progressive belief of the time that activity settled the mind. Bryce and the hospital became known for innovative treatment of the mentally ill using a "therapeutic approach to treatment so called for its supposed ability to lead patients to an understanding and acceptance of 'right behavior'." The hospital accepted African-American patients including one who had been owned by Dr. Bryce but despite its progressive reputation in treatment the hospital showed the prejudices of the time by separating the patients by race. <br/><br/> Alabama Insane Hospital unknown books
1861300850London John Murray 1861. 1861. First edition. 8vo. Full gilt stamped dark green morocco by Riviere & Son rich gilt inner filets and dentelles; t.e.g. One volume extended to two by the addition of 135 extra engraved plates and views including eight hand colored together with the original 17 plates totaling 152 plates altogether. 2 volumes. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. London, John Murray, 1861. hardcover books
184958811Cincinnati OH: Various publishers 1849. First editions. 1 "An Address on the Bonds of Professional Union Delivered before the Medical Association of Adams Brown and Clermont Counties O. at Batavia October 30 1847." Cincinnati: Atlas Job Room Print 1847. 27 pp. OCLC locates three copies National Library of Medicine Cincinnati History Library Countway; 2 "Valedictory Address on the Sources and Benefits of Professional Earnestness Delivered March 3 1849 to the Graduates of the Medical College of Ohio." Cincinnati: Printed at the office of the "Western Lancet" 1849. 15 pp.; 3 On the Formation of Professional Character: An Introductory Lecture Delivered Nov. 4th 1844." Cincinnati: Printed by R.P. Donogh 1844. 15 pp. American Imprints 44-2945; 4 "An Introductory Address Delivered to the Students of the Medical College of Ohio November 3 1847." Cincinnati: Collins & Van Wagner Printers 1847. 16 pp. OCLC locates five copies Rochester Medical Clendening Medical National Library of Medicine Cincinnati History Library Cincinnati Public; 5 "An Introductory Lecture on the Reciprocal Obligations of the Medical Profession and Society Delivered November 2 1846." Cincinnati: Printed by Looker & Co. 1846. 28 pp. American Imprints 46-3181. OCLC locates 8 copies; 6 "Clinical Lecture on Cholera" caption title. Cincinnati 1849. 8 pp. OCLC locates two copies Chicago Cincinnati History Library; 7 Manuscript copy of the address delivered by Dr. John C. Warren at an October 23 1849 meeting of the Boston area members of the American Medical Association occasioned by the death of Dr. Harrison. 4to. 5 pp. approximately 750 words. Harrison fell victim to the cholera epidemic that was discussed in the final pamphlet in this volume. Some foxing but a lovely presentation of a career's work from a son to his mother. Presentation binding of contemporary black morocco gilt boards framed with quadruple thin gilt rules floral ornaments at each corner spine with gilt rules on raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. #5997. Harrison 1796-1849 a native of Louisville Kentucky studied medicine there and at the University of Pennsylvania returning home to begin his practice at the newly founded Louisville Hospital in 1820. He was appointed to his position at the Medical College of Ohio in 1841 edited the medical periodical "Western Lancet" and served as vice-president of the American Medical Association. For a longer biographical sketch see Kelly and Burrage "American Medical biographies" 1920 pp. 497-498. Dr. Warren's address reads in part: "This gentleman was one of the ablest practitioners in the United States. In the West he was considered as without a superior . while warm & decided in discussion he was not dogmatical and gave an agreeable influence to all he said by the openness and amenity of the manner in which he said it . the respect for him of the profession and community is derived from the noble manner in which he contended against the fatal epidemic of cholera . he continued to expose himself to the disease till he was destroyed by it." Also laid in is a 1961 letter of presentation from one Harrison descendant to another. <br/><br/> Various publishers hardcover books
18263100861826. 37 ff. written on rectos only. 4to. Wrappers titled in manuscript. Covers worn and stained with some wear and chipping to the text. 37 ff. written on rectos only. 4to. Unpublished manuscript on the ancient Egyptian and Greek roots of medicine by the early American physician Charles Alfred Lee 1801-1872. Lee graduated from Williams College in 1822 and received his M.D. at Berkshire Medical College. He was connected with the Northern Dispensary of New York City chair of materia medica and general pathology at Geneva Medical College New York and taught at a series of eastern United States medical schools. Lee helped found the New York Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences in 1843 and in 1850 he co-founded the Buffalo Medical School. His most famous work was the American edition of Dr. James Copeland's Dictionary of Practical Medicine 1848. He published several medical textbooks including the popular Human Physiology for the Use of Elementary Schools 1843. He also edited Bacchus: an Essay on the Nature Causes Effects and Cure of Intemperance 1840 by Ralph Grindrod.<br/>The present manuscript which appears to be unpublished is a survey of early Egyptian and Greek medicine and draws from sources quoted in the original Greek. unknown books
185737456San Francisco: Whitton Towne & Co. Printers and Publishers 1857. 1st printing Cordasco 50-0405; Cowan II p. 143; Greenwood 813. Modern marbled paper wrappers. Light old faded evidence of damping mostly in margins. Foxing. A VG copy. 9 1 blank pp. Old print-out of an ABE book listing laid-in. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>Cooper a renowned physician of his day founder of the first medical college on the Pacific Coast at the University of the Pacific. This paper describes a 'daring' procedure wherein Cooper removed a 'slug of iron' from one B. T. Beal of Springfield Tuolumne County. Seems Mr Beal and a few friends "in a frolicksome mood resolved to burst an old gun and accordingly loaded it with about eighteen inches of powder to which they connected a slow match and then endeavored to seek security by flight." He failed. The 'slug of iron' entered Mr Beal below the left armpit and lodged under his heart 'upon the vertical column' where it remained for 74 days until Dr Cooper removed it. The patient recovered said improvement in health to such a degree "as not to be recognized by medical men present at the operation". No copies at auction these last 30 years per ABPC & Am Ex; we know of one copy sold a couple years ago through the trade. A rare item known as one of the earliest published accounts of a California surgical procedure. Whitton Towne & Co., Printers and Publishers unknown books
18512970Philadelphia: G.S. Harris 1851. First edition. Very Good . Original blue printed paper wraps printed to front. Some chipping and creasing to edges but overall intact and undamaged despite being quite delicate. Light scattered foxing throughout. Ownership signature of the college's original dean N.R. Mosely struck out at the top of the Faculty list on page 4; pencil ticks next to the names of several students listed in the catalogue on page 6. Exceptionally rare OCLC lists copies of this Announcement at only 2 institutions.<br/><br/>Only one year after Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell graduated valedictorian and became the first female M.D. in the U.S. the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania opened its doors. Located in Philadelphia it was the only the second school to open with the mission of training women in medicine -- having been preceded by the New England Female Medical College two years earlier in 1848. Founded by Quaker abolitionist and Underground Railroad activists who believed that women could make exceptional doctors "the college provided rare opportunities for women to teach perform research manage a medical school and with the eventual establishment of the Woman's Hospital in 1861 learn and practice in a hospital setting. It was the longest-lasting all-women medical school in the nation until it became coeducational in 1970" Mandell. The present Announcement predates these growths however showing the roots from which they emerged. One year running and the faculty remain largely male because there has yet to be an inaugural graduating class this would come in 1852; but already a female student Hannah E. Longshore is listed as a Demonstrator in Anatomy. Indeed Longshore and her sister Anna would both be part of the inaugural class of the college with the latter going on the author Discourses to Women in Medical Subjects 1897. Indeed the majority of women listed in this catalogue went on to become doctors even when it took time -- as it did for Hannah W. Ellis and Susanna H. Ellis both listed among the graduates of the 1865 class. 12 pages in all this scarce pamphlet contains Officers Corporators Faculty and Students of the school; an Announcement on the school's missions and accomplishments; information on Specialties available; Terms of enrollment; and a list of required Textbooks. It also conveys the excitement optimism and pride of those involved. "The Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania are inspired by very different feelings from those that attended their efforts one year ago. Then they were about to enter into an untried path to engage in a great experiment.But that which was an experiment is an experiment no longer.give a woman knowledge commensurate with her natural qualifications enable her to go forth healing the sick and comforting the afflicted and she will bless the world." A rare survivor documenting that pivotal moment when women had been given the chance to prove their intellect rose to the challenge and made the future of the next female students more secure. Very Good . G.S. Harris unknown books
185519521New York: Pruden & Roberts Printers 51 Beekman street 1855. First edition. Some light soiling; in very good condition. Single leaf printed recto and verso 13.75 x 7.88 inches. Benton b. 1808 here advertises his recent relocation of his medical offices from Brooklyn to Manhattan as well as a series of lectures and demonstrations on the powers of electricity--"And in keeping with the philosophy illustrated by Experiments those who have witnessed them with one accord agree that No Theatre or Band of Minstrels can equal the sport or amusement and all in keeping with good order not objectionable to the most fastidious. The Hearing Sight Taste Smell or any of the senses disturbed the Mental or Muscular Power controlled and all are Relieved at the pleasure of the operator." Benton also notes for visitors consulting at his offices "Examinations by Clairvoyants for disease which have astonished those who have witnessed them can be had if desired." The numerous press notices included here go as late as Oct. 30 1854 and the dates of performance indicate an 1855 performance. Benton noted in the 1855 New York census as a New York City resident eventually moved upstate appearing in directories in Lansingburgh N. Y. as an electric physician as late as 1882. Not noted in Atwater. Not found on OCLC. Pruden & Roberts, Printers, 51 Beekman street, unknown books
187147582Rome: Forzani et C. 1871. First Edition. Folio 33cm.; publisher's tan printed card wrappers; 18pp. Wrapper lightly soiled faint vertical creasing a few tiny chips to spine ele Very Good internally fresh and fine save the crease. Polemical attack on the state of the French university system written in March 1871 two months after the end of the disastrous for the French Franco-Prussian War. As Pasteur argues whereas in Germany universities proliferated across the country France "stymied by revolution was always occupied with the sterile search for a better form of government giving only distracted attention to her institutions of higher learning" p. 9 our translation. At the root of all this was the regime of Napoleon I who in the early years of the 19th century neglected the country's twenty-eight extant institutions of higher learning in favor of his Université de France a disastrously centralized state-run institution that he established in 1808. The University suffered greatly during the Restoration and with it the quality of education so that by 1868 only £8000 were being spent for "true academic purposes" across the country cf. W. Chandler Roberts et al "Journal of the Society for Arts Vol. 32 no. 1655 August 8 1884 p. 905 creating a lacuna of learned and innovative thinkers to match Germany's. Perhaps in order to combat this downward trend Pasteur later founded the Pasteur Institute in 1887 serving as its director until his death in 1895. <br/><br/>This appears to be the only separate appearance of Pasteur's tract published abroad and distributed to various foreign leading scientific figures among these "Darwin's Bulldog" Thomas Henry Huxley who makes mention of this work in an address delivered in October of that same year. The essay appeared again in print in 1947 following an even more disastrous encounter with Germany in a collection titled "Pour l'Avenir de la Science Française." This publication quite scarce with four physical copies noted in OCLC as of February 2020. COPAC adds one copy at the LEC Library UK. Forzani et C. unknown books
1882293St. Joseph Mo 1882. Very good. 8pp. Newspaper folio. Previously folded. Very minor loss at intersection of folds slightly affecting text. Minor wear at edges. Unopened at top edge. A wonderfully illustrated and rare newspaper promotional for S.A. Richmond & Co.'s patent medicine Samaritan Nervine. Samuel Richmond came to St. Joseph Missouri in the late 1870s and established this "World Epileptic Institute" mostly to sell his elixir which was in fact diluted nightshade. His elaborate advertisements of which this is an example claimed that it not only cured cases of epilepsy but also treated ill-behaved children and sexually dysfunctional elderly men and soothed many other maladies of the nerves. Eventually he was attacked in print by a local newspaper at which point he promptly shot the editor and after being found not guilty by reason of insanity removed to Tuscola Illinois where he continued to produce the potion. This newsprint advertisement provides a vigorous defense of Richmond's product supported by numerous lengthy testimonials. Several illustrations also depict the grounds and offices of his epilepsy institute including strangely though perhaps not surprisingly the press room. OCLC locates only copy at the University of Rochester. unknown books
1860WRCAM41779New York: B.L. Judson & Co. 1860. 24pp. Original yellow printed wrappers. Spine mostly perished. Some chipping and tears to wrappers. Very minor soiling. Good. A rare patent-medicine almanac reprinting the story of an herbalist's rescue of Tula the Aztec princess likely fabricated to promote the sale of Judson's various medicaments. Originally printed in 1859 by the same publisher the almanac recounts the story of the "wealthy herbalist Dr. Cunard who with a trapper named Du Bois or Hawk Eye spent seven years trapping and travelling throughout the Far West. The doctor had a number of unusual experiences not the least of which was his single-handed defiance of the Navajo Tribe as they were about to burn Tula the Aztec princess at the stake. This was accomplished by capitalizing on the fortuitous imminence of a total eclipse of which the good doctor knew after consulting his handy little almanac. The Navajo chief was as confounded as Merlin in an earlier day and promptly gave up not only Tula but also his secret mountain-herb recipe. A trapper's testimonial direct from St. Louis concludes this 'True Account'" - Eberstadt. The almanac seems to have been published for only about four years 1860- 63 although the advertisement/story does appear in a few other almanacs as well. OCLC locates only one copy of the 1861 almanac and only one of most of the others as well at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Rare and interesting. EBERSTADT 127:215 ref. B.L. Judson & Co. unknown books
183419309Madisonville Tennessee: Printed at the Office of Henderson & Johnston Edwards & Henderson--Printers 1834. Fourth edition. Sheep rubbed with a small chip at the head of the spine; foxed as usually found; rear free endpaper excised; a very good copy. Large 8vo contemporary likely original sheep brown leather label gilt rules and lettering xv 1 604 pages. The great populist domestic medical guide of Jacksonian America with much on herbal remedies as well as advice on child birth wound care etc. from the Savannah Georgia native and Madisonville Tennessee physician John C. Gunn 1795-1863. See the Atwater catalog summary of Rosenberg's introduction to the facsimile of the 1830 first edition for more on Gunn's work and its contrast to Buchan. This edition includes the added section on epidemic cholera. A so-called second edition was also published in Madisonville in 1834; the first edition was published in Knoxville in 1830 followed by a Knoxville second edition in 1833 and a so-called Madisonville fourth edition in 1833 preceding the Madisonville second edition of 1834. American Imprints Inventory Tennessee 291; Atwater 1461 this edition. Printed at the Office of Henderson & Johnston, Edwards & Henderson--Printers, unknown books
185056045Mexico: Tipografia de R. Rafael 1850. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. Short treatise on the treatment of cholera in Mexico a disease that became more widespread there in the wake of the recent war with the United States. OCLC locates eight copies New York Academy of Medicine California-San Diego Countway Ohio State College of Physicians Brown SMU Wellcome. Original printed yellow wrappers text within a wide ornamental border. Very good. 2488. <br/><br/> Tipografia de R. Rafael unknown books
1887751New Haven: Healy & Bigelow 1887. Good plus. 16pp. Oblong octavo. Original chromolithographic wrappers stapled. Light wear and soiling covers a bit chipped. Minor wear and soiling to contents. Patent medicine advertisement comprised of sixteen chromolithographic scenes of "Kickapoo Indian life" each bordered with slogans promoting the patent medicine. The scenes some of which are based loosely on George Catlin's work include "Attacking the Grizzly Bear" "The Scalp Dance" "Buffalo Hunting "Buffalo Hunt under the White Wolf Skin" "Antelope Shooting" "Archery of the Mandans" "The Snow Shoe Dance" and others. Slogans include such guarantees as "There is no blood disease which Kickapoo Indian Sagwa cannot cure" "The uncivilized red man has produced the Kickapoo Indian salve" and "The Principal medicine for worms is the Kickapoo Indian worm killer." The five medicines on offer -- Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Indian Oil Worm Killer Salve and Cough Cure -- claim to cure everything under the sun from worms to boils to eczema to dyspepsia. Fewer than ten locations in OCLC. Healy & Bigelow unknown books
183056621Cincinnati OH: Robinson and Fairbank 1830. First edition the issue with four plates but with the horse plate of "Wyandot" rather than "Consul Cox's Arab". 12mo. xii 13-367 pp. Illustrated four plates frontispiece lacking small fold down portion at top two engraved by W. Woodruff a Philadelphia engraver who moved to Cincinnati after 1824 Stauffer. Includes the chapter "Blooded Horses in the West" by Daniel Gano pp. 345-362 the first history of the thoroughbred in Kentucky and Ohio; also includes "The Horse" pp. 70-104 "Diseases of Animals" pp. 320-339 illustrated with a folding plate showing the anatomy of a horse and "The Grape and Manufacture of Wine" pp. 292-309 among many sections. A second edition was published in 1832 under the title "The Farmer's Guide and Western Agriculturalist." Sabin 102962 "4 plates 3 folding". American Imprints 5411. Henderson "Early American Sport" p. 41. Rink "Technical Americana" 1360. Morgan "Ohio Imprints" 2086. Not in Thomson or Coleman. NUC "4 plates part folding". Several signatures pulled persistent foxing a little text loss to one leaf from a printing flaw but a good solid copy with the defect to one plate noted. Contemporary calf rubbed spine ends a little frayed gilt title and ornaments on spine. #2812. OCLC presently records 37 institutions holding a copy of "The Western Agriculturist" and we have found several others from other sources. Surveying those libraries 31 responses we found multiple copies in several for a total of 35 but twelve copies were reported as being defective i.e. lacking plates or portions of plates or text nine copies were reported as actually being either microfilm versions or photocopies and seven others were reported to be ghosts i.e. the institution's copy was either lost or had never actually been in the collection. Of the seven copies reported as being complete four reported four plates a frontispiece memorializing the Hamilton County Public Library plates of an Improved Durham Short Horn cow the horse "Consul Cox's Arab" and a plate illustrating the anatomy of the horse Library of Congess Kentucky Transylvania Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public and three Columbia Western Reserve Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public reported three plates the Durham cow and anatomy plates as described above and a frontispiece portrait of the horse Wyandot. <br/><br/> Robinson and Fairbank unknown books
18253010London: John Knight & Henry Lacey 1825. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volume set. Small 8vos. Full contemporary greeen morocco gilt spines rather worn and rubbed. Internally nice and clean. Interesting essays on a wide range of medical topics. <br/><br/> John Knight & Henry Lacey hardcover books
181626868New York NY: Collins & Co. Published Under the Authority of the Physicians and Surgeons of That Institution 1816. x 2 contents 180 2 Table IV Finis pages last page blank. Title page with the ownership signature of James R. Wood at top; and with another name lined-through of William Chambers. Concerning this book ". New York Hospital's pharmacopoeia was published in 1816 four years before the publication of the United States Pharmacopoeia. This caused considerable concern among the attending physicians about the potential abridgement of the physician's right to prescribe." from: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell site Dr. James Rushmore Wood 1816 -1882 "began the practice of medicine in his native city and in 1847 he became a member of the medical board of Bellevue hospital New York. At that time this institution was a receptacle for lunatics paupers criminals and other victims of a depraved life. The most rudimentary hygienic laws were grossly violated in its management and the nursing was inefficient and untrustworthy. With the assistance of Morris Franklin president of the board of aldermen Dr. Wood set about reforming this state of things and labored so successfully that he soon reduced the annual death-rate by 600. He also made all the post-mortem examinations amounting to many hundreds yearly established Saturday surgical clinics and founded the Wood prize for the best anatomical dissection."Appleton Dr. Wood was also Chair of Operative Surgery and Surg. Path. in Bellevue Hosp. Coll. and Emeritus Prof. of Surgery until 1882.the most famous American surgeon of his day and the pioneer in periosteal surgery. Author of many papers and treatises." Title page also with the previous owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894; his medical education was accomplished in NY at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons 1858. Printer A. Paul. Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" size; bound in later 19th century dark brown textured cloth dark brown morocco leather corners & spine gilt spine titles & lines simple gilt rules on the boards block edges lightly sprinkled red. Cloth with loss of color at edges; binding with edge tips wear; contents foxed spotty; in good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Collins & Co. Published Under the Authority of the Physicians and Surgeons of That Institution hardcover books
183511108London: Edward Portwine 1835. 1st Edition in English cf. Garrison & Morton 3221 for the 1st edition of 1825. Original publishers green cloth spine over drab boards with printed paper title label to spine. Contemporary ownership signature of Dr. Edmund Ormond. Professionally rebacked. A Very Good copy. 388 pp 4 pp publisher advert at rear. 8vo approx 5.75" x 9". <br/><br/> Edward Portwine hardcover books
18347587Boston: J. Howe Printer no. 39 Merchant's Row; D. Hooton printer 1834. Booklet single sheet folded in eight 17 x 10 cm. printed recto and verso 7 1 pages twice printed same both sides. FIRST EDITION. A brief manual of recipes a short materia medica offered by Boston's Thomas Hollis Druggist and Apothecary. The title continues "list of articles contained in the chest" followed by a table of contents "Emetics Physical Billious Pills Jalap and Calomel Rhubarb. Camphor Tarlington's Balsam of Life Laudanus Essence of Peppermint Elixir Palegoric White Vitriol etc." The final section covers artificial respiration. On the rear panel Hollis offers actual medicine chests "for ships or families. medicine chests put up very cheap with medicine of the first quality and designed for fishing and coastal vessels." as well as a number of inks lemon syrup and soda. Small chip from rear panel not effecting text. WITH: Broadside 29 x 22 cm. Publication information from OCLC record. A small broadside advertising Dr. Ward's Asthmatic Pills a patent medicine offered as an anti-tussive agent by Hollis. Printed with an interlocking border of ringlets. Trimmed a bit close. Still very good. OCLC locates one copy UMich. Clements Library. J. Howe, Printer, no. 39 Merchant's Row; D. Hooton, printer unknown books
1831WRCAM34992Boston 1831. Two volumes bound in one. vi213-78; 82pp. Original paper boards. Boards bumped and scuffed. Early ink scribbling in front and rear endpapers. Good. One of the first publications involving the work of Wooster Beach a major voice in the 19th-century botanico-medical movements. CORDASCO 30-0753. hardcover books
1886926Portland 1886. Good. Broadsheet 11 x 8.5 inches. Old fold lines light wear and soiling a few chips. Rare and ephemeral handbill for "Fairdale Bitter Water" marketed as a mineral water with remarkable health benefits for a variety of ailments. "The possibilities of this water are almost beyond belief as any reputable physician will testify." One side of the broadsheet contains an engraving of the product "put up in elegant flint glass bottles containing a full quart." A nice piece of medical quack advertising from the Pacific Northwest. unknown books
182637211Harrisburg PA 1826. Folio sheet folded to 4 pp for mailing. Addressed with Harrisburg postmark to Dr. Fairlamb in Downingtown. With tear from seal remnant affecting a single letter. Very Good.<br/><br/> "My Dear Fairlamb In as much as the passage of the new Medical school bill will crowd our profession which is already full by offering greater facilities to the study of medicine and as the Jefferson Medical faculty have already given us an earnest that they will prostitute medical honours by conferring them on men unacquainted with medical science the interest of medical men throughout the State is consequently deeply involved. The degree of Dr. of medicine has been conferred on Jonathan Pound a book-binder by the Jefferson College after having attended one course only. Five of the six professors were in favour of conferring a degree on my neighbour Henry Zook who is almost an idiot. A letter was received last night from Dr. Hiester of Reading in which he states that "two quacks in Lebanon county have actually received from the professors of the Jefferson College a promise of the Degree of Doctor of Medicine for exertions which they have made and are still making to send forward petitions in favour of the new medical school.<br/> "From such dishonourable proceedings I am confident that your well judging mind will revolt. As the more you view this bill in all its bearings the more you will be convinced that it will interfere with our interest." Harris urges Fairlamb to use his influence by urging Representative Hunt to oppose the bill.<br/> Hon. William Harris 1799-1865 a civil engineer was the son of James Harris a Pennsylvania State Senator and cofounder of the town of Bellefonte. He was son-in-law of Dr. George Ashbridge Fairlamb 1784-1829. Dr. Fairlamb received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1808 and practiced medicine in Downingtown for many years. He also established The Independent Journal of Downingtown a Jackson paper with George Plitt in 1827. unknown books
184241928Libanon i.e. Lebanon PA: Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman 1842. 1st edition American Imprints 42-2898. Period brown half sheep binding with blue paper wrapped boards. General wear to binding with leather tips mostly worn away. Lacks ffep. Period poi dated 1854 to preliminary blank. Usual browning & foxing to paper. A Good copy of this uncommon veterinary handbook to horse care and horseshoeing by a farrier in Lancaster County. xii 184 pp. Text in German fraktur. Full-page wood engraving of man leading a horse on recto of leaf preceding the title page i.e. image doesn't face title page. 12mo signed in 6s. 7" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman hardcover books
1818WRCAM35016New York: R. Donaldson 1818. iii-viii200pp. Dbd. original rear paper board present front board lacking. Front two leaves chipped in upper right corner not affecting text; otherwise good. Intended as a companion to William Lewis' THE EDINBURGH NEW DISPENSATORY. Austin. A collection of perscriptions drawn from a variety of sources. AUSTIN 784. R. Donaldson unknown books
183511448Boston: Printed by I. R. Butts 1835. 1st edition American Imprints 32343; Cordasco 30-0506. PRESENTATION copy. Original brown publisher's cloth professionally rebacked. Spine label. Overall VG foxing/modern bpt/some staining to rear eps & last few leaves/some chipping to spine label. 444 pp including index. 4to. 9-1/2" x 6" <br/><br/>Jackson a prominent early 19th c. physician who was 'one of the first in America to investigate vaccination in a scientific spirit' and was '. largely responsible for founding Massachusetts General Hospital.' Jackson Sr wrote this memorial shortly after his son's death in 1834 and '. he never recovered from this overwhelming loss.' The book 'is an interesting psychological document in that it is entirely objective and almost wholly devoid of any evidence of the deep feeling which prompted him to write it.' DAB. Printed by I. R. Butts hardcover books
1894WRCAM43763New Haven 1894. 32pp. Original color pictorial wrappers. Lightly soiled a few small tears. Very good. Almanac and patent medicine catalog published by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. of New Haven. Though it does contain an almanac calendar the publication is primarily comprised of advertisements and testimonials about the company's products - including a cure for tapeworms. The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. was operated by John E. Healy and Charles F. Bigelow and was one of the most famous of the Indian patent medicine companies. The bright pictorial cover shows an Indian on horseback in the desert. Relatively scarce. unknown books