[Rarebooks] FS: Quack Mediine Ephemera

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, Ephemera & Photographs]

A Short Selection of Quack Medicine Ephemera-

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1) 1901 Eclectic Remedy Co. Pocket Calendar Promotional Giveaway. - A 
densely-packed little pamphlet/pocket calendar with much good testimony 
about how the Eclectic Remedy can help middle-aged sufferers get over 
diseases of the “genito-urinary organs” without, of course, going into 
too much detail. - Softcover. 2.75”x5.5”, 64 pages, line illustrations. 
Minor soil, light wear, corner loss on front cover, rip on back cover. 
[49601]  $15

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2) Early 1900s Paine’s Patent Medicine Celery Compound ‘Handy Cash Book’ 
Promotional Giveaway. - Paine’s Celery Compound was “The most remarkable 
remedy in the world’, which was surely news to all the other patent 
medicine fraudste-, er, makers. - Softcover. 3.25”x6”, 32 pages, line 
illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. [49600]  $20

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3) 'Nerve Force' by Paul von Boeckmann. - Published in New York by the 
author at the by World’s Tower Building in 1925. Paul von Boeckmann was 
a famous Texas strongman who later moved to New York and branched out 
into pseudo-medical exercises, theories, and devices. - Softcover. 
5”x7.25”, 56 pages. Covers with some wear and light soil, pages 
age-toned. [48270]  $20

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4) Early 20th C. National Remedy Company Patent Medicine “Looking for 
Agents” Ephemera. - The National Remedy Company, “Manufacturing Chemists 
(and) Proprietary Medicines”, of New York City, were looking for agents 
to sell their cra-, er, patent medicines of great value and efficacy. 
Hmm. Although I cannot find any record of the company having ever been 
sued or indicted, their remedies as listed here included Wonderful 
Japanese Oil, Dr. Swan’s Liver & Kidney Cure, National Specific for 
Malaria, and Cascara Pills, so draw your own conclusions. - 3 pieces. 
Letter 6”x9”; form 6”x7”; envelope 5.5”x3”. Folds, some light soil, 
minor wear, corner slice. [46208]  $25

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5) 1920s Patent Medicine Flyer- Dr. Beaupre Treatment for Rheumatism & 
Neuritis. - A testimonial flyer promoting the "Dr. Beaupre Treatment" 
for rheumatism and neuritis, with few details given except the price 
(10-day treatment for $1.50, 30-day treatment for $4.00). The flyer is 
mostly given over to the names and addresses of people who have 
supposedly taken the treatment and are willing to testify to its 
benefits. Although the treatment was "Dr. Beaupre"'s, the text of the 
flyer is signed by Paul Case of Brockton, Massachusetts, who was fined 
in 1945 for selling "misbranded iron tablets" about which he had made 
exorbitant and false medical claims. - Single sheet, printed both sides. 
8.5"x11". Minor soil. [42241]  $15

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