[Rarebooks] For Sale: Paine's Epitome of the American Eclectic Practice of Medicine

[Norman Kane]

PAINE, WILLIAM, M.D.  AN EPITOME OF THE AMERICAN ECLECTIC PRACTICE OF 
MEDICINE, SURGERY, OBSTETRICS, DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 
MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACY . . .  Phila.: John Gladding, 1859. First 
edition.  Original full sheep, neatly rebacked with sheep.  New label 
and end papers.  Frontispiece and text-illustrations.  Approx. 8 1/2 
X 5 inches.  716 pages.
(Dr. Paine taught at the Eclectic Medical College of Penna. at Phila. 
The eclectic school of medicine was based on herbal remedies, 
physical therapy, &c, and was a reaction against the harsh procedures 
used by most American physicians in the 19th Century.  It lasted for 
about 100 years, peaking in the 1880s & '90s. OCLC locates only 6 
copies.)     $200.00
(Trade Discount Available)

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