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1884MMRM1538Springfield:: H.W. Rokker State printer and Binder 1884. 1884. 8vo. xxvi 96 pp. Black blind-and gilt-stamped cloth; light wear to extremities. Library rubber stamps Library Med. Soc. Co. Kings. Library booklabel; ownership penciled signature of W.H. Haynes. Very good. W. H. Haynes was Secretary and later President of the Brooklyn Society for Neurology Kings County. The book is an excellent resource for medical education in late 19th century America. H.W. Rokker, State printer and Binder, 1884. hardcover books
18802455London: Williams' M. Proprietress c. 1880's. Cards. Cream cards red and black ink. Good. 11.5 x 7.75 cm. Folded cream cards. Small menu featuring prices for Breakfast Dinners and Apartments. Temperance Hotels followed the spread of the temperance movement in the late 1830's - providing a place for the traveling teetotaler. Here a person could eat and drink as well as transact business read the papers and enjoy social interaction. Cards foxed. <br/><br/> Williams', M. Proprietress unknown books
18307704Philadelphia 1830. hardcover. very good-. Volumes I and II volume I is complete in 24 numbers volume II is mostly complete but missing several issues. Thick 8vo 3/4 leather over marbled boards red leather spine label; foxed covers very worn. Philadelphia 1830. A very good - copy.<br/><br/> Each number was issued fortnightly.<br/><br/> unknown books
18641992London: Harvey & Co. 1864. Hardcover. Mauve blind-stamped cloth gilt title on cover. Good. 48 pages 4. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. "The Guide to Manly Vigour." A promotional treatise advocating a remedy for "the forms of Indigestion and Consumption in all their varieties resulting from secret inadvertency in youth or from sensual excesses." Readers were advised to send a urine sample for analysis and diagnosis. An early reprint of this promotional book; 1863 edition came a year earlier. Named after the "Prince of Surgery" Sir Astley Cooper who performed the first successful operation on the common carotid artery for aneurysm in 1808. Spine and board edges sunned and faded front internal hinge split but holding. <br /> Harvey & Co. hardcover books
18971667Toledo Ohio 1897. Pamphlet. Illustrated cream glossy paper. Very good. 14.5 x 9 cm. 34 x 9 fully opened. Illustrated threefold thermal bath pamphlet. Application information along with testimonials with one from the "Home Brewing Co." which leads us to believe these were not just used for medical treatments. Some toning with owners signature on cover. <br/><br/> unknown books
1850766New York: Fowlers and Wells Publishers 1850. First American Edition. Hardcover. Half calf with green and black marbled boards gilt title on spine. Good. 23 x 15 cm. 318 pages. A fascinating look into the world of nutrition in the mid 1800's including diet in American Prisons. Edited by Charles A. Lee. Owners inscription on title page: "Mrs. Francis J. Humphry - bought by her at S. Louis Mo. of an Apothecary. price 50 cents 1857." 1 cm. chips to pages 1-3 not affecting text. Boards and spine rubbed. <br/><br/> Fowlers and Wells, Publishers hardcover books
1830M11919Philadelphia:: L. Johnson 1830. 1830. "4th improved edition." 8vo. 385-90 381 pp. Foxed throughout not hindering legibility. Original red cloth spine paper title label; front cover detached but present ffe loose extremities worn spine chipped. Rear free endpaper early ownership signature. As is. RARE. The first volume of a pioneer American health journal published from 1829-33. It features a selection of fascinating perspectives on medicine including analyses of the effects on health of headwear wine and malt liquor consumption mealtimes and water drinking among other things as well as considerations of race and longevity quacks mothering and more. On tobacco: "'A Victim of the Weed' is desirous of knowing whether he can at once abandon his pipe and segars or must part company in a gradual manner. Our advice is to desist immediately and entirely from the use of tobacco in every form and in any quantity however small" 220. On race: "The differences in this respect are primitive in the different races; the mucous body or varnish which constitutes the layer between the true skin beneath and the outer covering or cuticle being white or nearly so in the European or Caucasian races; yellowish in the Mongul or African; and black in the African" 146. On the education of girls: "Under twelve years of age it should be an invariable rule that the hours of close application should never exceed those of amusement and exercise" 267. Contains nos. 1-24: September 9 1829 through August 25 1830. L. Johnson, 1830. hardcover books
1805M10849London:: n.p. 1805. 1805. Small 4to. 27 pp. Original blue wrappers. Housed in a modern quarter morocco clamshell box. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Containing "An outline of a plan to prevent the Spreading of the Plague or other contagious Diseases presented by the Board of Health agreeably to the Instructions of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council." The article gives a brief account of how an outbreak of the plague was dealt with in Queen Elizabeth's time and then presents the then-current practices to prevent the spread of an outbreak. "If the sick die the Body should be wrapped in oiled Cloth or tarred Cloth and soon buried. It must be remembered that everything that tends to secure those about the Sick from Infection is of the greatest Importance both by checking the Progress of the Disease and by giving Confidence to those whose Busines sic it is to help and assist the Afflicted." p. 8-9. n.p., 1805. hardcover books
18955909Washington D. C.: Ralston Company 1895. Octavo 24 x 15.5 cm. 46 2 pages. Membership application at rear. Cover title: Ralston Model Meals for Every Day in the Year. ~ Evident third edition but first so-titled. Originally published in 1894 under the title Ralston Meals For Every Day. with 38 pages. A second edition with just 31 pages was issued in 1895 and later that year this third enlarged edition. A health community cookbook with recipes numbered 30 to 253 numbers 1-29 enumerate minimally prepared foods such as Bouillon Tea as well as selected grains and fruits. A propensity can be seen for broiled poultry and boiled vegetables but the coverage is broadly standard for its time as baked goods and puddings do not necessarily "interfere with the health of the stomach" page 29. Interest lies less in the entries themselves than in the recommendations for their consumption yams ought not be eaten more than once per week; pearl tapioca should be avoided as should dried currants as both cause appendicitis. ~ A document of the curious social movement geographically anchored in the District of Columbia known as Ralstonism. The Ralstonite system of model meals - here outlined in fifty-five chapters - rested on a "philosophy" of digestibility the determination of which might involve many factors. "A hard boiled egg will digest" we learn for instance "every bit of it but will take much more time than will a soft boiled egg. This extra amount of time that the egg is in the stomach so that it is not fermenting will furnish staying power ." page 59. Strictures against red meat and game alongside the promotion of fresh and dried fruits vegetables and grains of course already had an acknowledged pedigree in health-conscious circles. But present too are some dubious physiological speculations proffered on the basis of "the many experiments made by the Ralston Health Club" page 60. ~ Devised by Webster Edgerly 1852-1926 writing under the pseudonym Edmund Shaftesbury Ralston was an acronym meant to stand for principles of healthy living Regime Activity Light Strength Temperation Oxygen Nature; or perhaps more accurately a backronym designed to fit out the surname of another concocted alias: Everett Ralston if the labyrinthine story related in the 1900 edition of the Club's membership book can be believed Book of Star Ralstonism 12th nominal edition; 77th actual edition Washington D.C.: Ralston Publishing. Odd though its origins may seem the name survived for decades as that of a breakfast cereal marketed by the Purina Mills Company of St. Louis. ~ Slight soiling; central opening loose. Stapled in stained faux-leather brown wrappers with black lettering and decoration; moderately scuffed and corners bumped. Good. Scarce. OCLC locates two copies of the 1905 edition as well as several copies of similarly titled editions dated 1894 and 1895; Brown 416; not in Cagle. Ralston Company hardcover books
18892086Washington DC: The Brodix Publishing Co. 1889. Wraps. Oversized pink paper wrappers staple bound. Very good. 12 pages. 42 x 28 cm. This charming periodical features six sheets of cooking instructions detailing: Fish-Soup; Meat; Sauces-salads; Vegetables; Pastry; Sweets and Preserves; and How to Make Bread. The binding style and large type set likely indicates that this publication was meant for display in the kitchen. The inside cover purports the benefits of a healthy diet especially focused on wheat and grain's positive effects on the brain. The following pages outline recipes and instructions for proper food preparation taking care to mention the repercussions of poorly tended food ranging from indigestion from unchopped capers to dangers of under or overcooked vegetables. The final page includes helpful hints for food shopping health and safety suggestions as well as a treatise on the proper diet for invalids. <br />The Home Magazine a monthly illustrated periodical ran from 1888 to 1908 serving as a guide to social domestic and business life. Mrs. John A Logan served as editor for the Home Magazine following the death of her husband a Civil War general and statesman John A. Logan. Born Mary Simmerson Cunningham an educated woman from Missouri she played an active role in her husband's political life accompanying him on campaigns and organizing volunteers. Mary became a prominent figure in Washington society in her own right often meeting with Adele Douglas wife of Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Julia Dent Grant wife of Ulysses S. Grant to discuss political happenings and social issues. Mary was a celebrated American writer and editor authoring two books and contributing to several publications including William Randolph Hearst's monthly syndicate Cosmopolitan. She was committed to social causes dedicating herself to the women's suffrage movement and was an early supporter of the American Red Cross. Weak fold across cover wear to edges and small paper loss to inside pages not effecting text. <br/><br/> The Brodix Publishing Co. paperback books
18322818baCPhiladelphia PA: Henry H. Porter 1832. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First presumed edition. Octavo 8vo. 80 pages of text. Hardcover; brown cloth spine lacking; blue-green paper covered boards nearly detached. Original orange printed paper front cover label intact. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. Medicine; influenza; rhinovirus. Measures 22.9cm height. Henry H. Porter Hardcover books
1851WB16357Boston: C.C.P. Moody 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Original gilt stamped cloth. pp. 36. A nice copy of an uncommon title. <br/><br/> C.C.P. Moody hardcover books
18102525London: Richard Phillips 1810. Hardcover. 19th Centruy diced leather spine over marbled boards newer label. Very good. 901 pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. 261 engravings. Although Thornton studied medicine his passion was botany. Thornton was best known for the unique collection of illustrations of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus - titled the Temple of flora. Lacks 1/2 title page and portrait present in some copies. Rebound in boards and half leather. Some foxing and toning but overall clean - images are generally not foxed. <br /> Richard Phillips hardcover books
189456695Providence: printed by J. A. and R. A. Reid n.d. 1894. Broadside approx. 12" x 9½" previous folds several old tape repairs on the verso; good or better. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> printed by J. A. and R. A. Reid, n.d. unknown books
