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American Medicine

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American Medicine

American Medicine

 Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Alcoholism, Botanic Medicine, Diseases, Health and Hygiene, Homeopathy, Human Sexuality, Hydrotherapy, Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Nursing, Patent Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Phrenology, Physical Culture, Psychology, Quackery, Receipts and Remedies, Temperance, Etc.

 

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3731793] State of New-York Medical Science Lottery. [1815 New York lottery ticket]. Charles D....

State of New-York Medical Science Lottery. [1815 New York lottery ticket]

The text states that this was the “First Lottery for the PROMOTION OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.” Signed by Charles D. Cooper, the scheme of prizes printed..... Read More about State of New-York Medical Science Lottery. [1815 New York lottery ticket

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3731948] Dr. Mettaur’s Kopfweh - und Dyspepsia - Pillen. Brown Chemische Comp, Brown Chemical Co

Dr. Mettaur’s Kopfweh - und Dyspepsia - Pillen.

Bookmark-sized handbill for patent medicine headache and dyspepsia pills manufactured by the Brown Chemical Co. of Baltimore. The company’s snappy catch phrase “Ihr konnt kurirt..... Read More about Dr. Mettaur’s Kopfweh - und Dyspepsia - Pillen

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3731899] Announcement of the Philadelphia College of Medicine, for the Spring Session,1851....

Announcement of the Philadelphia College of Medicine, for the Spring Session,1851.

Description of the Spring 1851 course of medical lectures and classes held at the Philadelphia College of Medicine, includes a list of faculty, the schedule..... Read More about Announcement of the Philadelphia College of Medicine, for the Spring Session,1851

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3730410] Syllabus of a Course of Popular Lectures on Physiology, With an Outline of the...

Syllabus of a Course of Popular Lectures on Physiology, With an Outline of the Principles Which Govern the Gradual Development of the Faculties of Mind and Body.

“Coates (1802-1886) was apprenticed to Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. He accepted a position at..... Read More about Syllabus of a Course of Popular Lectures on Physiology, With an Outline of the Principles Which...

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3731453] Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he...

Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he continues his practice as Surgeon Dentist. [opening lines]

Unrecorded late 18th Massachusetts handbill advertising the dentistry services of Josiah Flagg (b. 1763, Boston), the first native-born American to make dentistry his life’s work..... Read More about Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he continues...

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3731497] Boston Floating Hospital ... Season of 1902. [cover title

Boston Floating Hospital ... Season of 1902. [cover title]

Well-illustrated from original photographs. This season’s report is devoted to the numerous sick infants brought on board Boston’s floating hospital, many in need of immediate..... Read More about Boston Floating Hospital ... Season of 1902. [cover title

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3730852] The Barbers’ Compend. A Complete Compend of Diseases of the Scalp and Face, Their...

The Barbers’ Compend. A Complete Compend of Diseases of the Scalp and Face, Their Appearance, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment. Medicated and Non-Medicated Baths and Numerous Formulae for all the Various Tonsorial Preparations.

Unrecorded barber’s compendium of diseases with chapters on bathing and hygiene. Includes over 230 recipes for treating various ailments and skin conditions and the preparation..... Read More about The Barbers’ Compend. A Complete Compend of Diseases of the Scalp and Face, Their Appearance,...

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3730764] Popular Dentistry. Practical Knowledge of the Teeth, that Should be Possessed by Every...

Popular Dentistry. Practical Knowledge of the Teeth, that Should be Possessed by Every One. In Order to Preserve These Organs from infancy to Old Age.

Mid-American Civil War, the author was pitching “Van Buskirk’s fragrant sozodont” (pp12–15), a dental paste that promised to whiten, protect, and preserve teeth. Judges, doctors..... Read More about Popular Dentistry. Practical Knowledge of the Teeth, that Should be Possessed by Every One. In...

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3730860] Sex Facts. [complete set]. M. D. S. Dana Hubbard

Sex Facts. [complete set]

Seven pamphlets on sexuality addressed to men, women, and children discussing venereal disease, medical disease, “White Slavery and Ruining Girls,” and marriage. Issued in support..... Read More about Sex Facts. [complete set

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3730819] A Treatise on the Care of the Expectant Mother During Pregnancy and Childbirth, and care...

A Treatise on the Care of the Expectant Mother During Pregnancy and Childbirth, and care of the child from birth until puberty.

Unrecorded and apparently the final edition of this pedagogical text for mothers-to-be and nurses, first published in 1903. Pregnant women are given a variety of..... Read More about A Treatise on the Care of the Expectant Mother During Pregnancy and Childbirth, and care of the...

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3730369] [1876 to 1891 American Academy of Medicine Sammelband]. American Academy of Medicine

[1876 to 1891 American Academy of Medicine Sammelband].

Substantial gathering of the printed output of the American Academy of Medicine from its first 15 years: from its founding 1876 to 1891. The wide..... Read More about 1876 to 1891 American Academy of Medicine Sammelband

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3730511] An Examination of Certain Charges Preferred Against the Medical Class of the University...

An Examination of Certain Charges Preferred Against the Medical Class of the University of Pennsylvania, During the Session of 1834-35.

Controversy regarding the uproar made underclassman at the University of Pennsylvania made when their preceptor John Redman Coxe (1773–1864) was removed. Coxe was a respected..... Read More about An Examination of Certain Charges Preferred Against the Medical Class of the University of...

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3730109] Fiftieth Annual Announcement of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. The...

Fiftieth Annual Announcement of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. The Session of 1874-75 will begin on Monday, October 5th [caption title] [with Alumni Association handbill].

Printed in small type and densely filled with the doings of the College. The announcement summarizes the upcoming course of lectures on medical, anatomical, and..... Read More about Fiftieth Annual Announcement of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. The Session of...

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3730398] Address Delivered Before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, At the opening of its...

Address Delivered Before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, At the opening of its Fourth Annual Meeting; Baltimore, July 18th, 1843.

Rare address by Dr. Chapin A. Harris (1806–1860)—the “Father of American Dental Science”—to the American Society of Dental Surgeons. Founded in 1840, the ASDS was..... Read More about Address Delivered Before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, At the opening of its Fourth...

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3730087] [Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond,...

[Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, August 1, 1863. General Orders, No. 107 [caption title].

Confederate General Order issued in Gettysburg’s aftermath. In their retreat South, across the Potomac, Confederate force suffered 5,000 casualties, including 3500 captured troops. The Order..... Read More about Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, August 1,...

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3729934] A Dissertation on the General Principles of Anatomy and Comparative Physiology, as...

A Dissertation on the General Principles of Anatomy and Comparative Physiology, as Applied to the Science of Medicine…Translated for the Author by Thomas Wilson.

Medical dissertation on comparative anatomy and physiology by Julius Rucco (1778–1852), Italian homeopathic physician and scientist. In a two-page introduction by the author for American..... Read More about A Dissertation on the General Principles of Anatomy and Comparative Physiology, as Applied to the...

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3729780] Some Remarks upon a Publication by the Philadelphia Medical Society concerning Swaim’s...

Some Remarks upon a Publication by the Philadelphia Medical Society concerning Swaim’s Panacea.

Controversial patent medicine inventor and manufacturer William Swaim’s reply to a critique of his mercury-based concoction, Swaim’s Panacea, by the Philadelphia Medical Society. Swaim’s 21-page..... Read More about Some Remarks upon a Publication by the Philadelphia Medical Society concerning Swaim’s Panacea

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3729776] An Eulogium in Commemoration of Doctor Caspar Wistar, Late President of the American...

An Eulogium in Commemoration of Doctor Caspar Wistar, Late President of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Delivered before the Society…

Memorial address for American physician and anatomist, Caspar Wistar (1761–1818) of Philadelphia, by William Tilghman (1756–1827), then Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, both men members of..... Read More about An Eulogium in Commemoration of Doctor Caspar Wistar, Late President of the American...

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3729691] The Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera. Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary to...

The Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera. Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Phoenixville Hospital. [cover title of souvenir program; Phoenixville, Pennsylvania]

Rare and unrecorded souvenir program for a Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera—staged selections from popular operas and tableaux vivants—presented under the direction of Capt..... Read More about The Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera. Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the...

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3729274] [C.1910s Photograph of New York City’s “Flower Hospital” Ambulance at the...

[C.1910s Photograph of New York City’s “Flower Hospital” Ambulance at the Homeopathic Hospital’s Archway Entrance].

New York City’s Flower Hospital was the first location where homeopathic medicine gained recognition by the federal government. It was established in 1889 as the..... Read More about C.1910s Photograph of New York City’s “Flower Hospital” Ambulance at the Homeopathic...

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3728995] Diamond Spectacle Receipt Book. [cover title of eyeglasses advertisement and cooking...

Diamond Spectacle Receipt Book. [cover title of eyeglasses advertisement and cooking recipe book].

Scarce advertising booklet for “Diamond” brand eyeglasses, issued by the Spencer Optical Mfg. Co. of New York City, manufacturers of “Gold, Silver, Steel, and Plated..... Read More about Diamond Spectacle Receipt Book. [cover title of eyeglasses advertisement and cooking recipe book

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3728890] A Hereditary Consumptive’s Successful Battle for Life. [with promotional fold-out for...

A Hereditary Consumptive’s Successful Battle for Life. [with promotional fold-out for lung apparatus, “Dr. John M. Howe’s Tube”]

Health and deep breathing exercises for the benefit of tuberculosis patients written by Methodist clergyman, lecturer, and editor, Rev. James Monroe Buckley (1836–1920). Outdoor exercises..... Read More about A Hereditary Consumptive’s Successful Battle for Life. [with promotional fold-out for lung...

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3728780] Anweisung für Kranke unter der baunscheid’schen Behandlung. (Homepathy: Instruction...

Anweisung für Kranke unter der baunscheid’schen Behandlung. (Homepathy: Instruction for Patients under the Baunscheidt Treatment)

Small handbill explaining the use of a homeopathic medical instrument called a lebenswecker or “life awakener,” a skin prick device developed by Prussian wood turner..... Read More about Anweisung für Kranke unter der baunscheid’schen Behandlung. (Homepathy: Instruction for...

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3728771] [Thomas Ward Veazey as Maryland Governor in 1836 Appoints as Medical Coroner Samuel...

[Thomas Ward Veazey as Maryland Governor in 1836 Appoints as Medical Coroner Samuel McBride in Allegany County, Maryland].

Coroner’s appointment autographed by Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842), the 24th Governor of Maryland, in office from January 1836 to January 1839. Before becoming governor, Veazey..... Read More about Thomas Ward Veazey as Maryland Governor in 1836 Appoints as Medical Coroner Samuel McBride in...

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3728145] Observations on a Letter from Dr. N. Chapman, of Philadelphia, to Dr. W.B. Tyler, of...

Observations on a Letter from Dr. N. Chapman, of Philadelphia, to Dr. W.B. Tyler, of Frederick (Md.) on the Subject of Cholera, as Appearing in Philadelphia, August, 1832.

Letters on “pestilential cholera” by Dr. Nathaniel Chapman of Philadelphia, reprinted from newspapers and private correspondence. Includes a fold-out statistical table of “Hospital Reports to..... Read More about Observations on a Letter from Dr. N. Chapman, of Philadelphia, to Dr. W.B. Tyler, of Frederick...

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