An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform Summary
S-1367. UNENTBEHRLICHE PRAKTISCHE RATHGEBER.
Der Unentbehrliche praktische Rathgeber. Ein Schatzkästchen für Jedermann … Milwaukee: Verlag von Geo. Brumder, [c1877].
xii, 349 p. ; 21 cm.Cover-title: Praktische Rathgeber. A collection of kitchen, household and medical recipes.
S-1368. UNION LABORATORY.
The triumph of science over baldness. The truth about the hair. How to grow new hair and promote its luxuriance and beauty. Union, N.Y.: Published by the Union Laboratory, [ca. 1915].
32 p. : ill. ; 15.5 cm.Title and imprint from wrapper. Advertisement for Calvacura, “a scientific treatment for the purpose of growing hair and promoting its beauty.”
S-1369. UNION MEDICAL COUNCIL.
U.M.C. [New York: Union Medical Council, 1906, c1905].
[24] leaves ; 14.5 x 7 cm.Title from wrapper. The Union Medical Council (see also #3633.2) was a private clinic devoted to treating the “diseases of men,” i.e., underdeveloped genitalia, spermatorrhea, impotence, varicocele and sexually transmitted diseases. As was the case with much of the promotional literature issued by “men's disease” institutes in urban America, this pamphlet double purposed as a memorandum book and an advertising medium. A calendar for 1907/08 is printed on back wrapper.
S-1370. UNION PURCHASING AGENCY.
dr. clark's new illustrated marriage guide. A treatise on the anatomy and physiology of the generative organs of both sexes, and their organic and functional diseases. Designed as a complete and comprehensive private medical instructor … [Ashland, Ma.: Union Purchasing Agency, 188-?].
[2] leaves ; 23 cm.Publisher's advertisement for Dr. Clark's new illustrated marriage guide, which, first published in 1873 (#S-248), was reissued in the 1880s and 1890s (#649, S-248.1).
UNION SERIES OF TEXT-BOOKS ON PHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH see HUNT (#1854, S-596.3, S-596.4).
S-1371. UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
First aid in cases of electric shock. Second edition. Philadelphia, Pa.: The United Gas Improvement Company, copyright 1905-1910.
9, [19] p. : ill. ; 15 cm.UNITED STATES. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR see COCHRANE (#S-256).
S-1372. UNITED STATES MEDICINE COMPANY.
Dr. Dunlop's family practice. A hand book of over 100 common diseases giving symptoms and treatment. Designed for family use. By C.W. Dunlop … [New York: United States Medicine Co., after 1884].
32 p. ; 17 cm.Title from chromolithographed wrapper. Dunlop's abbreviated manual of domestic medicine is mixed with advertisements for Dr. Dunlop's King of Pain, Dr. Dunlop's Cascara Compound, and other remedies of the United States Medicine Company.
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- An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health ReformVolume III, Supplement: A–Z, pp. 617 - 626Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2008