Newyorkitis.

The Grafton Press, New York, 1901. First edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Scarce, especially signed. Dark blue/black cloth-covered boards, gilt- and white-stamped illustration of the Manhattan skyline on upper front board (gilt still bright), 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches, 164 pp. Fair (wear, white lettering, spine; wear, upper spine end, with 5/16 inch tear to cloth; spine slant; soiling, top edge of book block; foxing, varying from mild to moderate; damp stain, lower right aspect of book block; binding intact). The author was a physician in New York. "The following pages are the result of twenty-five years of study and observation of the people and conditions which exist on Manhattan Island. That a very large percentage of all sorts and conditions of people lead an artificial life here, no one can successfully deny. This manner of life has brought about a condition of mind, body, and soul, which I have endeavored to describe under the title of Newyorkitis. Newyorkitis is a disease which affects a large percentage of the inhabitants of Manhattan Island, and is making serious inroads on their mental, moral, and physical health. when we say of a person that he has Newyorkitis, we mean that he has got his New York inflamed. Newyorkitis is a communicable disease. It seems to spread by mental and moral contact of the healthy with the afflicted. It is customary, when writing about a disease, to divide its symptoms into groups, and then to study each group separately. I shall follow this rule in describing Newyorkitis. I shall also give a few clinical reports of typical cases of the disease which have come under the author's personal observation, selecting the cases so that each phase of the malady will be illustrated. Sufficient space will then be devoted to the treatment and cure. Newyorkitis is a disease in which the mind, soul, and body have departed more or less from the normal. In some cases the mental phenomena are most marked; in others the moral system seems to have departed farthest from the normal; the physical or somatic symptoms are not so constant, but when present they are of practically the same character in all cases." (3214006). Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.