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[Salesman's Prospectus] The Practical Home Physician, A popular Guide for The Household Management of Disease, Giving The History, Cause, means of Prevention and Symptoms of All Diseases of men, Women and Children and The Approved Methods of Treatment, With Plain Instructions for The Care of The Sick. Full and Accurate Directions for Treating Wounds, Injuries, Poisoning, &c. Also Giving a Consice Account of The structure and Functions of The Human Body Hygiene and Rules of Health. Illustrated with Colored Plates.

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Author
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Date
1887
Place
Albany, NY and Chicago
Publisher
Selleck, Ross & Co., and Western Publishing House
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(6.25" x 9.375") Salesman Prospectus. 172 pp + 18 pp. of subscription pages, 4 lines filled in. Full brown leather with decorative embossed designs to both covers, spine blank. Marbled endpapers, both pastedowns with examples of alternative binding's spines, the front in brown cloth with heavy gilt letterimg and decoration, the rear similar with black leather. Both gutters professionally strengthened. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, head of spine lacking .5" of leather, chipped and rubbed. Tiny closed tears to fore-edges of some pages, some with small chips, plates included. Large closed tear to pg 222/223, may be other closed tears as well. Illustrated with 18 color plates, one being a manakin, lacking folding tabs, other plates with small closed tears to margins. Pages soiled in places, multiple dog-ears and finger smudges.
Category
Fore-Edge Paintings
Record
S.I.8536

[Salesman's Prospectus] The Practical Home Physician, A popular Guide for The Household Management of Disease, Giving The History, Cause, means of Prevention and Symptoms of All Diseases of men, Women and Children and The Approved Methods of Treatment, With Plain Instructions for The Care of The Sick. Full and Accurate Directions for Treating Wounds, Injuries, Poisoning, &c. Also Giving a Consice Account of The structure and Functions of The Human Body Hygiene and Rules of Health. Illustrated with Colored Plates.

The Salesman's Prospectus for The Practical Home Physician (1887) is a promotional booklet advertising a comprehensive medical guide aimed at households, detailing the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment of diseases, injuries, and poisoning, along with basic anatomy, hygiene, and health rules—illustrated with colored plates to assist laypeople in home care.

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