3rd edition. viii, 344pp. In wrap-around, red cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. All edges sprayed red. 12mo. Cloth quite heavily rubbed at edges, a little creasing in cloth over wrap-around section, marked and soiled, rounded on corners and lightly fraying a spine ends. Spine faded. Endpapers warped and a little toned. Pencil annotations on front free endpaper verso, else internally neat, clean and tight. A pleasingly tactile vintage volume giving guidance on the treatment of ills, diseases etc, early 20th century style. With sections on, for instance, Infant Feeding, Forcible Feeding, Weir-Mitchell Treatment, Ionic Medication, X-rays, Bier's Treatment, Poisons and Antidotes, and the treatment of various specific diseases, etc.
Medicine, Vintage Books, Home Cures, Invalid Care
