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Hydrotherapy,Alternative Therapy,History of Physiotherapy,Homeopathic Treatments
New York, New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1851. Later American edition, first published in England in 1723, of an early treatise on the potential healing properties of water. This would later be referred to in the 19th century as the alternative medicine of hydrotherapy, sometimes referred to as hydropathy. Using.....
Price: $325.00
Quarantine, Epidemiology, Yellow Fever, Medicine, Public Health
Atlanta, Georgia: Jas. P. Harrison & Co., [1879]. A passionately penned pamphlet advocating for swift quarantine measures to be enacted during an outbreak of yellow fever, and calling for other physicians to share research with colleagues: "... it behooves every medical man South, who has had personal experience in the.....
Price: $200.00
Nursery Rhymes,Jack Be Nimble
United States: 1890s? A charming handwritten program for "An Evening with Mother Goose", with illustration of Jack jumping over the candle stick. The program includes two tableaus (Mother Goose's Visit and the Old Maids), and what seems like a performance "Peak Sisters. Mother Goose's Dream". Perhaps a fun handmade program.....
Price: $85.00
Hair Work, Female Friendship
Pittsfield, Massachusetts: [1840]. A particularly fine piece of hair work by "M.D.C." in two larger loops, each comprised of dozens of tiny individual loops/braiding. It is secured with wax onto a scrap of paper, and housed in the original envelope postmarked and addressed to Miss Elizabeth Kirtland of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.....
Price: $150.00
Horoscope, Birth Chart, Fortune Telling
Providence RI: Scientific Astrologer, Nov. 26, 1900. 8 manuscript page report. Begins with a birth chart and Aspects nad Positions of the Planets followed by Delineation of Character, etc: you know how and what to aim for, Faults to be corrected: guard against losing your temper), Matrimonial Prospects: partner shall.....
Price: $125.00