Health & Welfare
Medical education, Education, technical schools, Prospectus, trade schools
Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1920s. Photo-illustrated prospectus advertising the Training School for Clinical Laboratory, Basal Metabolism, Physiotherapy, X-Ray Technicians at the Northwest Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis. Includes list of staff, general overview of the school's programs, fees and admission requirements, and a 4-pp. list of Graduate and Undergraduates. Also includes.....
Price: $125.00
Remedies,Medicine,Advertising and Promotion,Quackery
Philadelphia: Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son, [1880]. 32 pp. wraps. First page titled "A Positive Cure for Consumption" explaining consumption, the origin of consumption, the tubercle, the various stages, the symptoms including cough, wasting away, hemorrhages, night sweats and hectic cheeks, poor appetite and bad digestion and diarrhea and.....
Price: $50.00
Pregnancy Tests,Volvelles in Advertising
New York, New York: Roussel Corporation, 1968. An advertising volvelle for "Pro-Duosterone", an oral pregnancy test marketed as effective two weeks earlier than other biologic tests. A course of four tablets per day for three days is taken. If nothing happens, the patient is pregnant; if the patient is not.....
Price: $200.00
Job printing,Ephemera,Asylums and Psychiatric Facilities
[Brattleboro, Vermont]: J.H. Capen, Printer. Printed list of rules for staff at the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, a psychiatric facility founded in 1834 (later renamed Brattleboro Retreat in the 1880s) that promoted moral treatment of patients who suffered from, in their view, mental disorders or diseases rather than character.....
Price: $175.00
Nursing Education,Nursing Schools
White Plains, New York: Bloomingdale Hospital School of Nursing, 1918. Printed rule book for the Bloomingdale Hospital School of Nursing in White Plains, published in 1918. An important view into the daily life of a nurse in training, one of the few careers paths open to women outside the home.....
Price: $150.00
Social Welfare, Temperance, Propaganda, Calendar
Chicago ILL: Messenger Publishing Co., 1917. A seven page calendar, printed on both sides. A 15 3/4" x 7" calendar with medal top binding and braided string hanger printed on polished stock. The front cover depicts a color illustration of a mother peeking through currents at her toddler son playing.....
Price: $250.00
Hospitals, Seafaring, Merchants, Staten Island Quarantine War, Xenophobia
New York, New York: L.H. Biglow & Company, 1879. The Annual Report of the Physician-in-Chief, Chaplain, and Auditing Committee covering the year 1878 for the Seamen's Retreat Hospital. Includes a list of trustees and officers. The physician's report includes several tables reporting the number of patients with diseases ranging from.....
Price: $125.00
Traveling Salesmen, Social Causes, Dental Hygiene
New York, New York: Commercial Travelers' Home Association of America, 1896. Illustrated season ticket for the Commercial Traveler's Fair, held at Madison Square Garden. Profits from the fair are advertised as earmarked as being "devoted solely to the completion of the Commercial Travelers' Home for indigent commercial travelers and their.....
Price: $115.00
Sex Education,Family Planning and Birth Control
Augusta, Georgia: Southern Medical Supply Company, 1950. A 1950 sex education manual "Written for the Layman", i.e. the general public, from the point of view of physicians wishing to dispel harmful sex myths. Covers a wide range of topics, including: male and female reproductive anatomy; intercourse, including different sex positions.....
Price: $175.00
Public Health, Uterine Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland: American Cancer Society, c.1975. "Stay Healthy!" and "Know Cancer's Warning Signals!", urges this photo-illustrated folding pamphlet (7.25" by 3.25" folded) in four panels produced by the American Cancer Society. Includes detailed information on what uterine cancer is, who is susceptible to it, and how Pap tests work.....
Price: $85.00
Sanitariums and Hospitals
Fargo, North Dakota: Stone Sanitarium and Hospital, 1920s. "A valuable book for all sick people to read", presented by the Stone Sanitarium and Hospital and its founder, Dr. Guy Stone. The illustrated booklet advertises the sanitarium as a haven for the chronically ill, treating and curing every disease from appendicitis.....
Price: $150.00
Public Health,Aging,Poverty
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1924. A public health booklet for the general public told in the style of a children's book, with the moralistic message being that everyone should prepare for the future with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: "in which are related some of the things.....
Price: $250.00
Mineral Water, Health and Welfare
Boston, Massachusetts: Taskinas Spring Co., c.1898. Advertising brochure (6" by 3.5", 8 pp.) for Taskinas Natural Mineral Water, including: a scientific breakdown of minerals in the water; a discussion of its medicinal properties; and an endorsement from the state chemist of Virginia. Offered together with accompanying loose bifolium price list.....
Price: $125.00
History of Dentistry,Crowning System
New York, New York: Dr. Sheffield, c.1900. Advertising handbill promoting crowns, bridges, and other dental work by a Dr. Sheffield of New York. Includes a lengthy explanation of his innovative dentistry techniques used to improve patients' smiles. Verso includes three illustrations depicting his crown and bridge work. Printed on pink.....
Price: $175.00
Health and Hygiene, Trade Catalogue, Business History, Advertising, Science and Technology
Milwaukee, WI: Bradley Washfountain Co., 1924. Embossed illustrated card stock wraps depicts image of a group of women washing their hands under a washfountain. Spidered tissue free end papers. Tipped in page atop cover page with images of certificates of approval and department of labor acknowledgments. Color exterior of the.....
Price: $110.00
Parenting,Public Health,Vaccination and Immunization,Tuberculosis,Childhood Illness and Diseases
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, c.1928. A public health booklet educating American families and the general public on Tuberculosis. Addresses its causes, symptoms, treatment, and the prevention of its spread. Vaccination is not discussed, given the lack of a widely available option at the time. Notable for.....
Price: $150.00
Public Health,Syphilis,Gonorrhea,Sexually Transmitted Infections,Quack Medicine
Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Department of Public Health, c.1935. Two (2) public health booklets on sexually transmitted infections (referred to here as venereal disease), covering Syphilis and Gonorrhea, published for the general public by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Describes what the infections are, what dangers they pose, and how.....
Price: $225.00
Birth Control and Family Planning,Feminine Hygiene,Pregnancy,Birth Control Methods,Sex Education
England: LeBrasseur Surgical Mfrg. Co. Ltd., 1941 and 1944. Two (2) booklets on birth control and family planning published in the U.K., both advertising products sold by LeBrasseur Surgical Mfrg. Co. Ltd. Offers frank advice for choosing the right birth control method for you and your family, and promotes their.....
Price: $150.00
Marketing to Families, Home Medicines, Advertising by Mail
Monticello, Illinois: Pepsin Syrup Company, 1920. Typewritten form letter advertising Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, an herb laxative compound marketed to families that "should be in every household" as it is "the best laxative for children and old people because of its gentle action". Includes pricing, directions for use, and money.....
Price: $80.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Addiction in America,Drugs and War,20th Century American Politics,Public Health
San Francisco, California: Drug Research Project, c.1974. Featuring an image of Uncle Sam smoking a cigar and leaning on an oversized syringe, "Uncle Sam the Pusher Man" provides a frank look at narcotics addiction in America, putting the blame squarely on American capitalism and calling for the de-criminalization of drug.....
Price: $250.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, advertising to Children, Health and Wellness
Ossining, NY: The Sterizol Co., [1920]. An 8" x 6 1/4" uncut advertising paper doll sheet with 6" "Happiness" with three (3) dresses and hair ribbons. A coupon at the base allows you to send for an extra sheet of Dresses, Rompers, Pajamas, Cloak and Hats for the doll for.....
Price: $75.00
Sanatorium, health & welfare, medicine, tuberculosis, consumption,
Pittsford, VT: Vermont Sanatorium, [1916]. A small booklet that describes the rules and other important information on the Vermont Sanatorium presumably given to the patients as they arrived. The sanatorium specialized in treating patients who had tuberculosis, or consumption as it is sometimes called. The booklet contains the guidelines for.....
Price: $85.00
Colonics, Health and wellness, Public health, women's health, constipation
New York: Tyrrell's Hygienic Institute, 1916. Photographically illustrated booklet promoting "Internal Baths", i.e. colonics, and advertising the J.B.L. Cascade treatment. Disease the treatment purports to treat or cure include appendicitis, eczema, indigestion, mental distress, obesity, painful childbirth, and "that tired feeling", among other afflictions. Includes several pages of testimonials from.....
Price: $185.00
Sex Education,Birth Control,The American Family,Venereal Disease,Sex Ed in the Roaring 20's,Film Censors,Albert Dezel,Marriage,Sex and Marriage
Chicago, Illinois. Sex Educational Films, 1928. A sex education booklet for married couples in 1928, written in a friendly casual tone. Warns against bringing venereal disease into a marriage, and urges men to "move cautiously, considerately, [and] humanely" on his wedding night in respect of his young wife's "maidenly modesty".....
Price: $150.00