Pittsburgh: The Pittsburg School of Hypnotism and Magnetic Healing, [1901]. 12mo, stapled booklet, 32 pp, illustrations from drawings. A scarce advertising booklet for "Hypnosis" and "Medical Hypnosis (Physicians' Edition)," by American hypnotist and occult author L.W. DeLaurence. The booklet is undated, but contains testimonials dated 1900 and 1901, and the.....
Charleston, South Carolina: G.W. Aimar, Ca 1850s-1860s. Single leaf printed to recto only, 10 x 8". A broadside advertising products manufactured by George Washington Aimar at his Charleston, South Carolina pharmacy, founded in 1852. These included "Aimar's Neurotic Oil," and "Aimar's Pearl Cement." Four in OCLC. Some foxing to broadside.....
New York: Fowler and Wells, Publishers, 1859. Octavo, stitched self wrappers, 28, [20] pp. An almanac published to promote the "Water Cure," an alternative medical treament making use of water for therapeutic purposes, also known as Hydotherapy. Part of a series of books and journals produced by phrenological publishers Fowler.....
Cincinnati, Ohio: Max Wocher & Son, Circa 1900. A collection of 96 ephemeral items, along with some duplicates, issued by or relating to Max Wocher & Son, a Cincinnati based manufacturer and vendor of surgical instruments as well as “deformity appliances,” trusses, elastic stockings, medicine cases, medical office and hospital.....
Baltimore: Printed on James Young's Steam Press, 1855. Octavo, stitched pamphlet with three folded sheets, 12 pp. A scarce auction catalog for the library of Dr. John Hanson Briscoe (1789-1855). A veteran of the War of 1812, Briscoe practiced medicine in St. Mary's County and Baltimore, and was Consulting Physician.....
Wheeling, West Virginia: Circa 1880s. 12mo, stapled booklet, 16 pp. A catalogue issued by a West Virginia druggist, listing the medicines, medical supplies, and household products they offered, along with advertisements for patent medicines. Not in OCLC. Chipping to upper margin of first three pages and to last page, few.....
Palmer, Massachusetts: Tampax Incorporated, 1952. A collection of ten booklets and ephemeral items, together with original mailing envelope, sent in 1952 by Tampax Inc to Miss Virginia Green, a registered nurse in Lincoln, Nebraska. The collection consists of educational material and studies touting the benefits of tampons, commissioned by the.....
Otisville, New York: 1914. Nine black paper photo album leaves, containing 77 black and white photos cornered in on both sides of each leaf. Many images captioned on the backs, additional captions present on a couple of album leaves and on the fronts of a few photos. The photographs document.....
Circa 1900. A collection of eleven photographs, each measuring approximately 4.25 x 6". Includes 4 cabinet cards and seven loose albumen or silver gelatin prints. A compelling group of images depicting members of the leper colony at Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, established in the 1890s by Reverend Arthur Huckett and his wife.....
New York: Grosvenor & Richards, 1877. 6.25 x 5", stitched booklet, [8] pp, together with original mailing envelope. A catalog of medicinal plasters sold by a New York company. These plasters contained "purified rubber" as well as active ingredients designed to treat injury or illness. Examples include plasters with opium.....
Boston: A. De Fontaine, 1846. Single leaf printed to recto only on blue paper, 9.25 x 9". A broadside with directions for using "Balm of Thousand Flowers" a health and beauty product marketed by A. De Fontaine of Boston. Depending on how it was used, the broadside claims, the product.....
Boston: Published by Order of the Board of Managers, 1861. Fourteenth Edition. 7.75 x 4.75", printed wrappers, 90, [2] pp. A promotional booklet for Dr. Reuben Greene's "Indian Medical Insitute." The text lists the wide variety of diseases and ailments that could be cured at the institute or by the.....
Stanstead, C.E./West Charleston Vt. Journal Print/Bowker & Merrill, Ca 1860. Single leaf printed to recto only, 11.25 x 7.5". Together with a printed label measuring 9 x 4". A broadside advertising an "Indian Sovereign Remedy" meant to treat heart palpitation, as well as nervous debility, faintness, irregularities of the uterine.....
Elloree, South Carolina: Circa 1900. Broadside measuring 7.5 x 4.75" and four printed labels, each 2.5 x 1.25", each placed into corners on a single leaf measuring 8.5 x 11". The broadside and two of the labels are easily removable, while the other two labels are additionally pasted onto the.....
New York: Edward Rorke & Co, Circa 1890s. Single leaf measuring 9 x 5.75", printed to recto only. Promotional flyer for the Eureka Bed Pan, touted as lighter, easier to clean, and more comfortable than other bed pans in use. No date, but we find advertisements for this product in.....
New York: [Healey & Bigelow], 1879. Octavo, string tied illustrated wrappers, 6-32 pp, illustrations from drawings. Title on front cover "Almost a Life Or Saved by the Indians, a Truthful Story of Life Among Our Western Indians." A collection of stories and anecdotes about Native Americans and their medicines, published.....
Xenia, Ohio: J. Purdy, 1837. Ninth Edition. Leather bound. Octavo, full speckled calf, 766 pp. Covers worn, with chip to leather along edge of front cover, and chipping to spine label, toning and foxing to pages, one gathering starting to detach, front endpaper torn, damp staining to margin of title.....
New York City: Parker Herbex Corporation, 1933. Wraps. Stapled booklet measuring 5 x 3.25", 39 pp, photographic illustrations. A booklet promoting hair tonics and creams marketed by the Parker Herbex company, intended to remedy oily, dull, or gray hair. The text uses the language of hygiene and health to market.....
Philadelphia: Drs. Starkey and Palen, 1881. Quarto, self-wrappers, 8 pp. A promotional periodical by Drs. Starkey and Palen, the Philadelphia based administers of the "Compound Oxygen Treatment", a form of inhalation therapy they touted as a cure-all. Contains promotional text and numerous testimonials describing how the treatment cured a variety.....
Crownpoint, New Mexico: Crownpoint Hospital, 1988. Octavo, stapled, illustrated wrappers, [8] pp. An informational booklet about Crownpoint Comprehensive Indian Health Facility, located in the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. The booklet was likely published to attract staff members to work at the hospital, as it includes information on life in.....
[Philadelphia]: The Home Magazine, [1877]. Octavo, self-wrappers, 6 pp. A booklet promoting "Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure," a pro-temperance novel by Timothy Shay Arthur first published by Hubbard Brothers in 1877. The booklet was issued by The Home Magazine, a periodical edited by Arthur himself. It notes at.....
Chicago: Home Rattan Company, Ca 1890s. Octavo, single leaf printed both sides with text and illustrations. Circular for invalid appliances sold by a Chicago company. One side lists a folding bed tray and wheelchairs, and the other side lists crutches. Very good with folding creases.
New York: Daniel Adee, Circa 1870s. Single leaf measuring 11.5 x 8.5", printed to recto only. A broadside advertising a recipe for a cure for consumption and other ailments, offered free of charge through the mail by Daniel Adee of New York. Text at the bottom encourages the gratuitous distribution.....
London: Leslie Martyn, Ltd., 1909. Octavo, single folded leaf with 4pp of text. Advertising circular for Martyn's Female Remedy, "a safe, sure and certain cure for all irregularities, suppressions and all ailments peculiar to women," printing three pages of promotional text as well as a page of testimonials. The text.....
[Rochester, NY]: [1881]. Octavo, 9.25 x 6.25", single folded leaf with [4] pp of text. A promotional leaflet for Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, marketing the product to women. Begins with a dialogue on how the medicine treats a variety of women's ailments, followed by testimonials dated 1880 and.....