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Hints for Kitchen and Sick Room.
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Late 19th century patent medicine advertising book, cloaked as a domestic reference with culinary recipes and medical remedies. Salmon croquettes and corn chowder are paired with ointments for scabies and leprosy. Products promoted include; Hoofland’s Podophyllin or Substute for Mercury Pills, Hoofland’s Greek Oil, Holloway’s Vermifuge Confections: A Nursery Blessing—The Joy of Mothers!, and Heiskell’s Ointment.
Description: Hints for Kitchen and Sick Room.
Philadelphia: Press of Patterson & White, [ca. 1890s]. 64pp. 6½ x 5¼ inches. Illustrated wrappers separated with some losses to rear cover; small loss to first leaf affecting a few words; fair.
[3734295]Price: $35.00
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