Medicine
Family Medicine, Remedies and Cures
St. Louis, Missouri: Luyties Pharmacal Company, 1920s. A booklet for families advertising homeopathic tablets sold by the Luyties Pharmacal Company as treatments or remedies for over forty (40) afflictions ranging from appendicitis to whooping cough. Descriptions of each affliction's symptoms and dangers are included along with which tablet to use.....
Price: $100.00
First Aid,Emergencies,Public Health,Cold War and the Atomic Bomb
United States: 1943-c.1950. A group of three (3) first aid booklets from 1943 to c.1950 for families and the the general public, educating them in first aid. Two of the booklets advertise family products sold by McKesson & Robbins, Inc., and the other is a government-issued public health booklet. First.....
Price: $175.00
Pulmonary diseases, Inhalers, medical advertising, Anglo-German, Patent medicines
Vincennes, Indiana: Cushman Drug Company, c.1900. Printed flyer (10.75" by 3.75") advertising Cushman's Menthol Inhaler, with list of afflictions its treats (including headache, catarrh, Hay Fever, asthma, toothaches, seasickness, and even "Insomnia and Nervousness") and directions for use "by the Nose" and "by the Mouth". Interestingly, the verso is printed.....
Price: $75.00
medicine, consumption, tuberculosis, medical instruments, inhaler, patent medicine, fraud, advertising
Cincinnati, OH: The Alpha Medical Institute, [1900]. A brochure advertising several medical instruments made by the Alpha Medical Institute in Cincinnati, OH, which was run by Dr. Thomas William Graydon (1850-1900). While the instruments could be used to treat any cough, they were designed for consumption, or tuberculosis patients. The.....
Price: $125.00
Family Medicine, Homemaking, Marketing to Women
New York, New York: The Centaur Company, 1880. A Housekeeper's Receipt Book for the year 1880, published for homemakers by The Centaur Company, producer of family medicines. Includes: calendars for the years 1880 and 1881; dozens of recipes ranging from soups and sauces to croquettes and pates; tips for curing.....
Price: $150.00
Public Health, Breast Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland: American Cancer Society, c.1975. Printed tri-fold pamphlet (9" by 3.75" folded) with an illustrated three-step guide to performing a self breast exam. Encourages the reader to perform a self examination monthly, and details warning signs and what to do if a lump is located. Includes black ink.....
Price: $85.00
Bitters, Rheumatism, Liver and Kidney Diseases
Attleboro, Massachusetts: James M. Solomon, Jr., 1890s. Illustrated advertising card for "Old Doctor Jas. M. Solomon's Indian Wine Bitters", which claims here to be "The Greatest Blood Purifier and Liver and Kidney Cure in the World". Promoted by James M. Solomon, Jr., "The seventh son of Old Dr. James M......
Price: $150.00
Remedies, Medicine, Advertising and Promotion
1884. 24 pp. Illustrated wrap with image of R. C. Flower on the front cover and "Hygeia of the 19th Cent" on reverse. A free to the public narrative introducing the company, the science in the preparation and skillful combinations. This is followed by detailed information on each of the.....
Price: $60.00
Colonics, Health and wellness, Public health, Proprietary medicines, Constipation
New York: Tyrell's Hygienic Institute, 1917. Printed promotional pamphlet with over one hundred thirty testimonials lauding the effectiveness of the J.B.L Cascade treatment (a proprietary colonic) in treating or curing afflictions ranging from acne and heartburn to Bright's Disease and Malaria. Titled "Leaves of Gold", the pamphlet is not shy.....
Price: $150.00
Sign language letters, Sign Letters word, The Lord's Prayer
Hartford, CT: The Connecticut Magazine Co., 1899. 32 pp. (unpaginated) lightly coated stock illustrated wraps. The two page preface discusses Dr. Gallaudet and the development of sign language and includes the Manual Alphabet. This is followed by a 6pp. introduction describing the required movements for each word of the Lord's.....
Price: $150.00
remedy,cancer cure,hydrophobia,rabies
A 10" x 6" page that appears to have been removed from a ledger or journal with two entries that appear to be in different hands. The first is a cure for hydrophobia that entails mixing elecampane root, a puff of madder and a quart of new milk brought to.....
Price: $110.00
Physical Fitness,Men's Health,History of Body Image and Body Building
Chicago, Illinois: Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago, 1897 (and dated 1900 in ink). A custom physical fitness chart dated 1900 for a Mr. F.R. Schalck, filled out for him at the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago. Data points include strength and size/measurements for different parts of the boy.....
Price: $125.00
Prisons,Healthcare and Imprisonment
Washington, D.C. Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, [1953]. First edition of an overview of the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, one of only a few institutions "dedicated solely to the purpose of caring for the diseased and broken bodies and minds of offenders against the law".....
Price: $225.00
Social Hygiene, sexual education, medicine, family & education
Milwaukee, WI: The Milwaukee Social Hygiene Society, 1916. A short booklet announcing the formation of the the Milwaukee Social Hygiene Society, its goals, current members, constitution and by-laws. 10 pgs. Printed cream wrappers. Staple bindings. OCLC 1 (Sept. 2020). Measures 6 1/4" x 3 1/4" The society was a part.....
Price: $125.00
Advertising & Promotion, Advertising to Children, Patent Medicine, J. C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass: J. C Ayer & Co., 1880s. Four (4) different miniature stand-up die-cuts of various Ayre's products. The image of the box on front and product advertising--essentially miniature trade cards that could have been displayed on a toy store or dollhouse shelf. Scarce items. The largest is 2 1/2".....
Price: $125.00
Die-cut Pamphlet, Evans & Co., Treatments and Remedies
Liverpool, England: Evans, Sons & Co., c.1900. Chromolithographed die-cut pamphlet in the shape of a bottle, advertising Montserrat Lime-Fruit Juice, "A most delightful, healthful, and economical beverage for any season. Lime-Fruit Juice is beneficial in all cases of gout, rheumatism, and blood impurity, also dyspepsia. Guaranteed free from alcohol" (back).....
Price: $125.00
medicine, paper doll, advertising directed a children
Chicago: J. B. Carroll Co, c1900. Two pieces of advertising materials for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. The first item is a 16 pp (including covers) booklet advertising Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, as well as other products sold by the manufacturer, including Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf (a.....
Price: $110.00
Women's Health, Patent Medicines, Advertising, Misogyny, Misinformation, Childbirth and Pregnancy
Buffalo, New York: Dr. J.H. Dye Medical Institute, 1899. A booklet advertising Dr. J.H. Dye's Mitchella Compound, a patent medicine that claims to cure diseases specific to women and promote painless childbirth. Marketed towards women, it begins with the ten-page "Story of Mrs. Dare", which is soaked in sentiment and.....
Price: $125.00
advertising, medicine, corn remover, foreign language, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Washington, DC: Criswell Chemical Company, [1916]. The "National Corn Remover" worked on corns, warts, and calluses, and was as "simple as court plaster" to use. The corn remover was essentially a treated plaster bandage that one applied to the corn after soaking it in warm water. Included is the remover.....
Price: $75.00
Medicine, Surgery
Booklet: 50 pp booklet with paper wraps. January 1855. Vol VIII. No. 1.The New Jersey Medical Reporter: A Monthly Journal of Medical and Surgical Science, edited by S. W. Butler, M.D. 9” x 5 ¾”. Frontispiece engraving N. Chapman.; Light cover wear; otherwise fine.
Price: $85.00
medicine, constipation, food & wine, cereal, all bran
Battle Creek, MI: Kellogg Company, 1932. A short booklet produced by the Kellogg Company in order to promote the use of their All Bran cereal as a means of helping with constipation. According to them, constipation "is so insidious. It gains a foothold before the person realizes what is wrong".....
Price: $95.00
Breast Cancer,Self Examination,American Cancer Society
United States: American Cancer Society, 1952. An informational pamphlet for nurses, encouraging them to instruct female patients to perform self examinations to screen for breast cancer. Includes detailed directions for how to perform a self exam with diagrams. Emphasizes the importance of knowing local resources for women seeking medical help.....
Price: $225.00
patent medicine, advertise, advertisement, advertising, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic, rat, lab rat
Paris, France: Dec-53. An advertising postcard for a patent medicine called Penityrol. It was a synthetic antibiotics created to help combat diseases that are transmitted through the air or to help minimize the possibility of an infection after a surgery. What makes this advertisement extremely charming are the anthropomorphic lab.....
Price: $65.00
Menu, Photography, Kodak Park Works
Kodak Paper Works. A 4 5/8" x 7" menu card printed on photographic paper with the exterior of the Kodak Park Works building on the left and a menu printed on the right for Luncheon on Monday, July Thirtieth, 1926. The reverse is blank. George Eastman shows first amateur color.....
Price: $175.00