Rare Book The Great Patent Medicine Era or Without Benefit of Doctor by offers Adelaide Hechtlinger / Vintage Library

*Rare!*

The Great Patent Medicine Era, or Without Benefit of Doctor
by Adelaide Hechtlinger
c1974

From the dust jacket:
"Here, with lavish illustrations and in loving detail, is the story of American Folk Medicine from the end of the Civil War until offers 1906, when Congress, by passing the Pure Food and Drug Act, put an end forever to some of the nation's more bizarre nostrums. It was a time of Indian Snake Root Oil and Electric Belts, of tonics and phosphates, of pills, powders, and elixirs, of herb teas and aphrodisiacs."

12" x 9 3/4"

248 Pages

The dust jacket is worn on the edges, but the hardcover underneath and the interior of the book is in great vintage condition (please see pics).

I am happy to provide additional photos or answer any questions upon request!