Search Results: Medicine/alternative from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd, 1902. Illustrated by 25 b&w figures, color folding map of Eastern Section of the Georgian Bay. First thus edition. Original green printed wraps bound in cloth backed marbled library boards. 8vo. pp. 35, [1]. Near Fine. Harvard bookplate stamped withdrawn on library boards. Original title cover has one small embossed, one ink and pen numbers to cover, internally fine. Disease free destinations with great water treatments, including statistics on rainfall amounts, three mean temperature charts. Philadelphia physician, professor of climatology at serveral universities, medical director of the Homestead at Hot Springs and Greenbrier at White Sulfer Springs (VA); served in various elected positions for the American Academy of Medicine, American Climatology and Clinical Association, fellow of the Society of Medicine, London and College of the Physicians of Philadelphia..

Huntington Beach, CA: International Institute of Natural Health Sciences, Inc, 1981. Illustrated by line drawings, charts and photos. First edition. Pictorial card wraps. 8vo. pp. 49, [1]. As New. Unread copy with removed price sticker. Renown holistic health guru..

Boston: Printed for the Publisher, 1842. Stated New and Improved edition. [c.1826, New York: O. Taylor & Co.],(c. May 1836 letter). Sewn wraps. 12mo. pp. 22, [1] Advertisement (August 1840), [1] blank. Near Fine. Two page tops missing (no text loss) pp. 1-4 were mended and the pages have been restored to near fine: washed and de-acidified, dried and restitched. The 85 item Indian herbal prepared in observation and in omission of mineral substances which he believed to have poisonous qualities. Includes Properties and Uses of [25] Vegetables [including Herbs]. There are 5 known editions from various NY printers through 1829. Note: the 4 page view is the 'before' photo; we restore black and white pamphlets, books, maps and steel engravings..

Fort Worth, TX: Institute for Preventative Health Care, 1984. Illustrated by line drawings. First edition. Illustrated stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. 28. Near Fine..

New York: Dr. J.B. Fancher, 1868. First edition. Newspaper. 61x48cm, folded twice. pp. 8. VG. Foxed center stain, uncut. Interesting medical newspaper and advertisement ("Free to All") for ailments and treatments including the good doctor's book Medical, Matrimonial, and Scientific Expositor and Metallurgist's Guide and Secrets of Transmutation including ads for a breast elevator and cure for liquor-drinking..

New York: Dr. J.B. Fancher, 1868. First edition. Newspaper. 61x48cm, folded twice. pp. 8. Good. Light foxing and small fold tears, uncut. Interesting medical newspaper and advertisement ("Free to All") for ailments and treatments including the good doctor's book Medical, Matrimonial, and Scientific Expositor and Metallurgist's Guide and Secrets of Transmutation including ads for a breast elevator and cure for liquor-drinking..

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1892. Later edition. c.1871 (D.E. Fisk), 1884 (Rand McNally). Green cloth, gilt print top and spine, floral eps. 8vo. pp. 333, [4] Ads. VG. Light edgewear, pages toned, interspersed ink markings in page margins, tightly bound. "Good food, pure air, and cheerful disposition are the best elixirs". Dr. Hall's Maxims..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Illustrated by 11 b/w line drawings of exercises. First edition. Tan cloth, gilt print spine, top dec & pr orange and black . 16mo. pp. v, [v], 164, [4]. VG/No jacket. Darkened spine, several nicked page edges, one area of orange rubbed on top board picture. Part the First: The Theory of Exercising, Baths and Bathing, Part Second: The Choice of an Exercise; Part Third: The Exercises..

St. Catharines, Ontario: Provoker Press, 1976. First (SD) edition. Green boards. Demy 8vo. pp. [x], 228. Bibliography, Index. VG/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Slight edgewear, bright and tightly bound..

New York: Humphreys' Homeopathic Medicine Co, (1926). Illustrated by b/w frontis; one laid in ad has b/w illustrations. Stated Revised and enlarged edition. Red blind-stamped cloth, gilt print. 12mo. pp. [iv], iv, 23-489, [19] Ads, [10] Index, [8] Memorandum pages (blank). Very Good/No jacket. Faint spots to boards; endpapers and frontis toned, page edges starting; no writing or ownership. Includes two laid in Humphreys advertisements: 1--Humphreys' Mavel Witch Hazel which includes Humphreys' "77" for colds, lists of homeopathic and veterinary remedies (4 pages 16mo, fine); 2-Nervous Prostration Neuasthemia, Causes, Consequences and Treatment includes list of remedies (24mo, 4 pages fine). He founded Hemphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co in 1854, then Humphreys Medicine Co. in 1940, currently Humphreys Pharmacal, Inc. (since 1968)..

New York: Humphreys' Homeopathic Medicine Co, (1941). Illustrated by b/w frontis. Stated Revised and enlarged edition. c.1889. Red blind-stamped cloth, gilt print. 12mo. pp. vi, 193. Index, 8 Ads. Near Fine/No jacket. Toning starting at end sheets, no writing or ownership. Includes laid in Humphreys ad: Nervous Prostration Neuasthemia, Causes, Consequences and Treatment includes list of remedies (24mo, 4 pages fine). This edition is formatted as the late 19th century editions. He founded Hemphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co in 1854, then Humphreys Medicine Co. in 1940, currently Humphreys Pharmacal, Inc. (since 1968)..

Boston and n.p: No. 23 Union Street and n.p, n.d. (ca.1850's). Illustrated by /two illustrations. unspecified edition. Broadsides. 20cm and 23cm. Very Good. One toned, one with several foxed spots. Two broadsides on bitters: Jaundice Bitters prepared by Thomas Hollis advertisement and directions coupled with two cartoons [possibly from Punch] on the employment of physic (bitters) after Little Nellie ate too much wedding cake at Cousin Charlotte's wedding the other of Mr. Boodle viewing a ficticious bitter brand..

Sacramento, CA: American Academy of Medical Preventics, December 1974. First edition. Red card wraps. 8vo. pp. 30. 189 References. Near Fine. Check mark to half title and price sticker remnant only flaws..

Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance, (2003). Illustrated by diagrams. Stated first printing edition. Publisher Review sheet laid in. Stiff wraps. 8vo. pp. 195. As New. Unread copy, no flaws. ISBN: 0805961372..

New York: Newcomen Society in North America, January 1981. Stated first printing edition. Publication No. 1135. Manilla stapled wraps, black print, red top emblem. 8vo. pp. 20, [1] colophon, [2] blank. As New. Address delivered at the 1980 Indiana Diner..

Columbus, Ohio: Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., 1906. Edited by jpg FC. Illustrated by Engraved front cover shows laboratories 1-4 (from log cabin to the Hartman Sanitorium) recto, Astrological Chart verso, Rear has short calendar for two years 1906-07 and compliments of Ralph Gorham Lenox, Mass. Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals ad recto with Sanitorium ad verso; multiple text ports, cameos and line drawings internally. First edition. Stapled pamphlet with corner hanging hole and original string. 8vo 56x40cm. pp. 32. Good. Cover has three corners and rear edge chips with light toning. Internal newsprint page toning with short top tears but no text loss. The family moved to Columbus in 1880's and the Hartman patriarch manufactured Peruna, Manalin and Lacupia. With D. R. Summy, M. D. establish the alternative health spa Hartman Sanitorium which from the rear cover ad offered "Bathing, German Method; Manual Massage; Vibratory Treatment; Static, Galvanic and Faradic Electricity; X-rays and Radiotherapy;… Read More

Ohmasha: JOS Press, 1999. First edition. Printed Wraps. Medium 8vo. pp. xiii, 165. References, Appedices. As New..