[Rarebooks] FS: Give me that ol' time medicine

[Clare Murphy]

1.  ARISTOTLE.        ARISTOTLE: COMPLETE MASTER PIECE: IN THREE 
PARTS. DISPLAYING THE SECRETS OF NATURE IN THE  GENERATION OF MAN. TO 
WHICH IS ADDED A TREASURE OF HEALTH OR THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN ETC. 
London., 1799. Illustrated by fascinating  woodcuts, including a 
frontis showing aristotle gazing at a naked woman and child and 
several examples of human "monsters" in the text. Original half calf 
with original paper-covered boards. [144 pgs] Near fine. Lacks first 
free end paper. Sexual advice, instructions to the midwife, recipes 
for medicines (relies heavily on crab's eyes) etc.  $230.00 {70341}

2.  BENNETT (THE MAN WHO GREW YOUNG AT 70), SANFORD.  OLD AGE: ITS 
CAUSE AND PREVENTION. New York: The Physical Culture Publishing Co., 
(1912). First edition. Red cloth, photographic past-down to front 
board. 12mo. Fine. "The story of an old boy and face made young." 
Over 65 photographs<BR> <A 
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<BR>.  $55.00 {60562}

3.  BERDOE, EDWARD.  ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE HEALING ART, THE. 
London., 1893. Illustrated by many plates in black and white. [509 
pgs] Very good. Frontis loose. About spiritual healing , life after 
death etc.  $65.00 {68816}

4.  HARVEY M. D., GIDEON.  VANITIES OF PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICK, THE. 
London: W. Turner at the Angel, 1700. Second edition. Original full 
contemporary calf with red leather label in very good condition. Near 
fine. Missing portrait opposite title page. Some foxing throughout. 
Great recipes for healing with ingredients like crab's eyes and 
marshmallows.  $375.00 {58764}

5.  KIDD, DR. JAMES. W.  ILLS OF HUMANITY, THE. Fort Wayne, IN: 
Privately Printed, ca. 1900. Illustrated by four plates. First 
edition. Wrappers. 16mo. [106 pgs] Good. Pictorial wrapper has some 
small tears, spine also has a small tear at top edge. Self-published 
by a quack who could cure everything with "Dr. Kidd's Treatment". Oh, 
you kid.  $55.00 {90624}

6.  (KITCHINER, WILLIAM).  ART OF INVIGORATING AND PROLONGING LIFE BY 
FOOD, CLOTHES, AIR, EXERCISE, WINE, SLEEP ETC...TO WHICH IS ADDED THE 
PLEASURES OF MAKING A WILL, THE. Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 
1823. From the third London edition. Signed by George Peabody, Salem. 
12mo. Complete copy with original boards. The whole has been 
professionally re-sewn and rebacked with beige cloth printed with 
title. New end papers added to the old end papers, which are all 
there. Minor foxing throughout. The author also wrote the Cook's 
Oracle in 1817. This is George Peabody's (1795-1869) copy. He was the 
famous financier who incorporated The Eastern Railroad in 1836. He 
took J. S. Morgan (J. P. 's daddy) into partnership in 1854. He gave 
the City of London 2.5 million for the erection of workingmen's 
tenements. He was a life-long bachelor, who it appears, followed the 
tenets espoused in this book, thereby living to a ripe old age. 
Bookplate: ex libris John Peabody Monks (laid in). Very scarce. 
$225.00 {61735}

7.  VAN DOREN, DEWITT. TALMAGE.  GUIDE TO HEALTH. Norwalk, Conn: Hour 
Publishing Co, (1902). Illustrated by a portrait frontispiece of 
author. Third edition. Red cloth with black lettering at front board 
and spine. 8" x 5.25". [204 pgs] Near fine. "Not a Theory, but a 
Science, Reinforced by a Personal Experience Covering a Period of 
Over Eight Years, Asserting the Debt of Strength to Weakness, of 
Health to Sickness, and Addressed to All Those Who Seek Redemption 
for the Body." Top edge lightly foxed.  Contents are crisp and tight. 
$55.00 {94284}

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