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HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
[MEDICINE] [REMEDIES] [QUACKERY] Short Account of Sir Astley Cooper's Vital Restorative, by Harvey & Co - 1864: the Only Acknowledged Successful Remedy for the Removal of General, Local, and Nervous Debility, Confided to Messrs. Harvey & Co.
by Harvey & Co
[MEDICINE] [REMEDIES] [QUACKERY] Short Account of Sir Astley Cooper's Vital Restorative,: the Only Acknowledged Successful Remedy for the Removal of General, Local, and Nervous Debility, Confided to Messrs. Harvey & Co.
by Harvey & Co
- Used
- Hardcover
London: Harvey & Co., 1864. Hardcover. Mauve blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on cover. Good. 48 pages, (4). 16.5 x 10.5 cm. "The Guide to Manly Vigour." A promotional treatise advocating a remedy for "the forms of Indigestion and Consumption in all their varieties, resulting from secret inadvertency in youth, or from sensual excesses." Readers were advised to send a urine sample for analysis and diagnosis. An early reprint of this promotional book; 1863 edition came a year earlier. Named after the "Prince of Surgery," Sir Astley Cooper who performed the first successful operation on the common carotid artery for aneurysm in 1808. Spine and board edges sunned and faded, front internal hinge split but holding.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Mauve blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on cover. Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Harvey & Co.
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1864