The great patent medicine era, or, Without benefit of doctor / [Adelaide Hechtlinger].
- Hechtlinger, Adelaide.
- Date:
- [1970]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1970]
Physical description
248 pages : illustrations, facsimiles (part color) ; 31 cm
Contributors
Notes
Selections of Americana from various books, magazines, almanacs, newspapers, etc
Contents
Books to aid afflicted.--Parts of the body.--Home remedy books.--Indian doctor's dispensatory.--The Indian doctor.--Passions and sex--The guide board.--Health and disease.--Book advertisements.--Almanacs of patent medicines.--Labels of old patent medicines.--Sears & Roebuck.--Aphrodisiacs.--Electricity.--Dr. Pierce.--The Indian vegetable family instructor.--Dr. Chase's recipes.--Medicology.--Advertisements.--Trading cards.--Medicinal plants.--Medical folklore.
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Where to find it
Location Status FoliosIC.6Open shelves