Lot 250

19th century Medical and Quasi-Medical books.

Estimate: $150 - $200

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The Diseases of Woman, Their Causes and Cure Familiarly explained...for the Preservation of Female Health. By Frederick Hollick. M.D. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings and Colored Plates. 467 pp. 12 mo. Full blind stamped dark brown cloth with gilt spine. Front hinge slightly cracked, back cover with crease. Dampstaining diminishingly evident at bottom of first 200 pp. There is an advertisement at the end for the companion volume for men. 2. Homoeopathic Treatment of Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, and The Cholera....By B. F.Joslin, M.D. Second Edition. New York. 1849.144 pp. 12 mo. Full brown blind stamped cloth. Front edge of spine with longitudinal split, but still holding. Light wear to corners, and top and bottom of spine ends. Overall very good. 3. The Soul and The Body. The Power of the Soul over the Body. Considered in Relation to Health and Morals. By George Moore, M.D. NY. ca.1845. 270 pp plus catalog of books at end. 8 vo. Full brown blind stamped and gilt cloth. Average wear. Together with, but issued separately: 4. The Soul and the Body. The Power of the Soul over the Body. NY. ca. 1846. 270 pp. 8 vo. Covered same as above. Small black stain to bottom of both spines. 5. Dr. Danelson's Counselor with Recipes...and Trusty Guide for the Family....By J. Edwin Danelson, M.D. NY. A.L. Burt. 1887.720 pp. 8 vo. Full brown cloth stamped in black. Moderate wear. Last signature is loose. 6. The Hydropathic Encyclopedia: A System of Hydropathy and Hygiene. Volume One (only) of Two. By R.T. Thrall, M.D. NY. 1853. 464 pp.8 vo. Contains Parts 1-4 (of 8). Full Blue blind stamped cloth. Typical wear and stains, Textblock slightly cocked, and a couple of signatures pulled. Evidence of moisture contact (mild page wrinkles and damp stains). Still very good. Five illustrations at the front of the circulatory system (in red). Others in text illustrations throughout. 7. Six Lectures on the Functions of the Lungs...and on the Mode of Preserving Male and Female Health to an Hundred Years. And a Treatise on Medicated Inhalation. By Samuel Sheldon Fitch...twenty-fourth edition. NY 1856. 384 pp. 8 vo. Full brown blindstamped cloth. Evidence of moisture contact, but binding is tight. Some spine edge wear.2 pp pulled in middle of text. Engraved frontis by Sartain.

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