The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English; or Medicine Simplified by Pierce, R.V. (M.D.) - 1876

Buffalo, New York: World's Dispensary Printing-Office and Bindery, 1888. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Seventeenth edition. Pencil name on front endpaper. Related materials laid in. 1888 Hard Cover. 1008 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations and color plates. Ray Vaughn Pierce (August 6, 1840 – February 4, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Stark, New York, Pierce was the son of Duane and Mary (Morse) Pierce. He attended public and private schools, and taught school before deciding to become a doctor. In 1862, he graduated from Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He practiced medicine in Titusville, Pennsylvania, from 1862 to 1866, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1867. Pierce engaged in the manufacture and sale of patent medicines and established the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. His manufacturing business started with "Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription", which he followed with other medicines,… Read More

World's Dispensary Printing Office And Bindery, 1895. Soft Cover. Fair. Thirty-Ninth Edition , Newly Revised. Interior is in remarkablely good condition. Covers show heavy wear but graphics are still bright.

Buffalo, New York: World's Dispensary Printing Office and Bindery, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifty-fourth edition. 1,008pp. Blind embossed black cloth with silver-stamped spine. Illustrated with numerous drawings and portraits, facsimile of the author's signature under his frontispiece portrait. Hinges cracked, cloth moderately soiled, corners bumped, small holes sporadically in cloth, about very good. Laid in is a folded questionnaire "Application for Treatment" from the World's Dispensary Medical Association.