Plain directions for the care of the sick, and recipes for sick people. Enlarged edition
New York: Distributed to its policy holders by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1895. 8vo, pp. 113; illustrations in text; original cream pictorial wrappers (soiled); edges a bit water damaged, front cover nearly detached; advertisement for the Company on back wrapper; title page date has been underlined in ink, else interior fine. A good example of contemporary medical treatment, providing recipes for poultices and stewed oysters, and sections titled "Idiocy Favored on the Shady Side of Deep Valley". 2 copies in OCLC, at Southern Illinois University and the National Library of Medicine. Item #39191
Price: $50.00