Nostrums and Quackery (and Pseudo-Medicine). Articles on the Nostrum Evil, Quackery and Allied Matters affecting the Public Health; Reprinted with or without modification from the Journal of the American Medical Association... With a foreword by George H. Simmons (in vol. 3)
by CRAMP, Arthur J
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Schilde, Belgium
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Chicago,: A.M.A.,, 1912-1936.. 3 volumes, 708; 832; xii, [ii], 232 pp. 8vo (15 x 21,5 cm.). Original green cloth (top and bottom of spine slightly worn; spine of vol. 1 faded). With a large number of illustrations (bottle, labels, quackery advertisements, portaits, testemonies, etc.). The standard reference on American quackery in all its forms. Detailed information about quacks, their institutions, analyses of the nostrums, medical frauds, patent medicines, devices, etc. etc. Richly illustrated with i.a. samples of quackery advertisement, patients information, testemonies, etc. Fully indexed. Complete 3 volumes sets are rare.--(Volume 1 slightly loose in binding; volume 1 & 2 with former owner stamps and signature on blank end-papers).
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- Bookseller
- Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books (BE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1670
- Title
- Nostrums and Quackery (and Pseudo-Medicine). Articles on the Nostrum Evil, Quackery and Allied Matters affecting the Public Health; Reprinted with or without modification from the Journal of the American Medical Association... With a foreword by George H. Simmons (in vol. 3)
- Author
- CRAMP, Arthur J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.M.A.,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago,
- Date Published
- 1912-1936.
- Keywords
- quackery quacks charlatans charlatanism kwakzalvers orvietans americana pharmacy patent medicines nostrums
- Bookseller catalogs
- quackery - quacks;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Schilde
About Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
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