Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Alcoholism, Autism, 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.
![[Women’s Association for the Poor and the Sick] Siebenter Bericht über die Leistungen des weiblichen Vereins für Armen und Krankenpflege…. Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking, 1794–1859.](/pictures/thumb/3725799_1.jpg?v=1534362322)
This pamphlet on nursing and charity work by German philanthropist and social reformer Amalie Sieveking (1794–1859) reports on the activities of the Weiblichen Vereins für... Read More
Letter from Benjamin Silliman, Yale professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology for over 50 years. Silliman was one of two founding professors of Yale School... Read More
Introductory lecture to an 1850 course of homeopathic medical studies by C. Bentley Matthews, M.D., i.e., Caleb Bentley Matthews, (1801?-1851). Dr. Matthews was Professor of... Read More
![[Patent Medicine:] The Codes of Medical Ethics…and Advertiser. A. M. C. Henri Leonard, compiler, M. D., Charles Henri Leonard, 1850–1925.](/pictures/thumb/3726732_1.jpg?v=1534362452)
Compilation by a Detroit medical publisher, Dr. C. Henri Leonard, of medical codes of ethics for the American Medical Association, the American Institute of Homœpathy... Read More
Letter from Diocletian Lewis, homeopath and temperance and health advocate, here writing about an upcoming lecture in Peoria, Illinois for the Western Literary Association. Lewis... Read More
Famed humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill Dorothea Dix’s 1848 petition to Congress suggesting they use the taxes of specific land parcels to care for... Read More
![The Herrick Perforated Capsicum Plaster [caption title; with original product sample]. Dr. Herrick's Family Medicine Co.](/pictures/thumb/3726027_1.jpg?v=1534890672)
Illustrated medical advertising circular for “The Herrick Perforated Capsicum Plaster” prepared for Dr. Herrick’s Family Medicine Co. of St. Louis, Missouri. Remarkably, the circular is... Read More
Three letters, two Civil War-date, by or concerning physician and Civil War surgeon Edwin C. Bidwell. Bidwell served in the 31st Massachusetts Infantry in New... Read More
Presentation Copy from the Author. Doctoral dissertation by physician Edwin M’Call, from the southern state of Georgia, submitted to the trustees and medical faculty of... Read More
Patent medicine trade catalog comprising an exhaustive list of diseases and medical conditions, including their symptoms, all curable with tablets, pellets, liquids etc. manufactured by... Read More
Rare, possibly unlocated, dental medicine pamphlet printed in Jacksonville, Illinois. Dr. Shirley’s pamphlet discusses, in a series of essays, a wide range of topics: diseases... Read More
![[Solicitor General and Acting U.S. Attorney General Henry M. Hoyt Officially Opines on Medical Issues of Immigration Law and an Immigration Case before the Supreme Court; with Additional Letter]. Henry M. Hoyt.](/pictures/thumb/3725627_1.jpg?v=1535405586)
Three letters, all incoming to Philadelphia attorney J. Whitaker Thompson, United States attorney. The bulk of the material is from Henry Martyn Hoyt, Jr. (1856–1910)... Read More
Practical information on sexuality and sexual diseases for men and women including how to avoid the, “direst evils of a sexual nature.” In the Preface... Read More
Text of a lecture delivered by Dr. James McClintock, Professor of Surgery and Anatomy at the Philadelphia College of Medicine. As the animal machine, although... Read More
Text of a lecture delivered by Dr. Jesse R. Burden, Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the Philadelphia College of Medicine. Burden urged the... Read More
![A Sketch of the Life and Character of Dr. John D. Godman [Two variant editions]. John Davidson Godman; 1794–1830.](/pictures/thumb/3725613_1.jpg?v=1534362313)
Upon the death of Dr. John D. Godman, the Quakers of Philadelphia memorialized him as a Christian philosopher. Godman was remembered as a naturalist, encyclopedist... Read More
An autograph souvenir from Joseph J. Hatlinger, a self-proclaimed “Hungarian Exile.” During the Civil War, Hatlinger, as a first lieutenant, would direct African-Americans serving in... Read More
![An Inaugural Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions upon the Body, in the Production and Cure of Diseases [Presentation Copy]. Joseph Parrish, 1779–1840.](/pictures/thumb/3726128_1.jpg?v=1534362336)
Doctoral dissertation by Philadelphia physician and surgeon Joseph Parrish (1779–1840), submitted to the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. Parrish here investigates... Read More
An interesting example of a daily journal with pre-printed date entries for 1856, but which has been used by the diarist over a span of... Read More
Memorial or mourning album commemorating the life and death of German-American homeopathic physician Martin Deschere (1848–1902) of New York City. The album includes tributes and... Read More
Martin Luther Holbrook (1831-1902) was a 19th century medical doctor, a health reformer, and follower of the vegetarian creed. He authored, and published under his... Read More
Manuel Carvallo Causten (1841–1878) inscribed his name inside this medical sammelband: “M. C. Causten, City of Washington, M[ar]ch 1858.” Three years later and after medical... Read More
![[Two Legal Documents with Testimony concerning the Marriage of Lorenzo D. W_____ and his Spouse]. Mrs. Lorenzo D. W_____, Unk.](/pictures/thumb/3725578_1.jpg?v=1534362312)
It took Mrs. Lorenzo D. W_____ only three typed pages to describe her 18-year marriage. In short, she married an alcoholic lout. [Nb., surname redacted... Read More
1. Autograph Letter Signed. Philadelphia, March 5, 1901. [2]pp. Small 8vo. Handwritten letter from S. Weir Mitchell on mourning stationary, with transmittal envelope, addressed to... Read More
![[Sexually-Transmitted Diseases] Record Book. Philadelphia Street Guide and Useful Medical Receipts. Facts for Men. Do Not Throw It Away. M. D. Sheridan P. Manship, Sheridan Parker Manship, 1864–?](/pictures/thumb/3727592_1.jpg?v=1537378144)
Rare and unrecorded men’s guide to sexually transmitted diseases and diseases of the genitals and reproductive system by Philadelphia physician and surgeon, Dr. Sheridan P.... Read More
