MEDICAL. Cadaver Dissection. Ca. 1890 Cabinet card photograph (5" x 7"), Strong view of students undergoing a medical dissection. A sign " Dorothy" is posted beside the cadaver. No photographer's imprint. (Jb338); $325. 

1880's MEDICAL BOOKLET. Circa 1880's Surgical Institute Adv. Brochure, Indianapolis, Ind. Wrappers, 32pgs., Illustrated in B/W with some color illus. 4 x 8 . Good condition, wear around edges, light soiling, discoloration, 4pgs. inserted loose, first two pages has small piece missing right edge does not effect text. This is an advertising Brochure for the Surgical Institute States on front "Beware of Dangerous Imitators". Shows illustrations of numerous deformities that can be corrected by them, also talks in back about orthopedic surgery being a separate branch of the healing arts and how there will of course be opposition to this within the medical profession. Interesting piece. (Jb. 499); $125.

1871 MEDICAL JOURNALS. Conjoined Twins .Philadelphia University Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Two issues October, November, 1871. Vol. XIV, No. 10 and 11. App 48pp ea.., From bound volume, String tied binding, 9" x 5 1/2". . Interesting reading, includes a lengthy reports on conjoined twins along with a report of the delivery of such, under the title " Monstrosities" . Includes several other articles and illustrated advertisements. Fair - Good condition, from bound volume, no wraps as bounds, has expected light age toning and wear, back page of Nov damaged with holes and tears. (Jb.498); $85.

1871 CDV CONJOINED TWINS. Carte de visite, 4" x 2 1/2" . 1871 view of conjoined twins. Either photographed from artwork, or from a heavly retouched negative. There is a 1871 Library of Congress copyright by Joseph Finley imprinted with negative in bottom of image. Mount trimmed on sides slightly, a hint light, o/w VG. T. A . Beach, Deleware, Ohio photographer's backmark. (Jb.63); $95.

JOHN WYETH SIGNED LETTER. John Wyeth & Brother imprinted business letterhead. 1885, 19 1/2" x 8" typed letter to the president of the Sterling Iron Railway Co regarding payment of bonds. Signed in ink by John Wyeth. Overall good condition, four spindle binding holes left side, a few numerical notations below signature, and original fold line. (Jb. 702); $75.
The Wyeth legacy began in the early 1860s when John and his brother, Frank, opened a small drugstore under the name John Wyeth & Brother at 1410 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their firm transformed the way drugstores operated. Later known as Wyeth Laboratories, it became the first to "advance manufacture" frequently prescribed medicines in bulk. Also, in 1864 the John Wyeth & Brother catalog of elixirs and tonics was published, the first catalog of its kind. From these beginnings came a succession of pharmaceutical innovations, including the development of the “compressed pill,” or tablet, and the first rotary tablet press, invented by Wyeth in 1872.

THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL DEC. 1866. 12" x 9 1/2", wraps, 36pp complete.  Illustrated front cover showing the inside of the brain with a key below giving names to the parts., the brain has small illustrations as well. Around the journal are portraits of The  Savage, The Fool, The Bully, Florence Nightengale, Princess of Wales, and others . Numerous articles including the Philosophy of shaking hands, on walking, article and illustrations of the King and Queen of Prussia, on death and of sleep. Overall Vg+ cond. with no torn pages. Scarce quack medical journal of this famous science that was acceptable for a while in the 19th Century. (Jb.707); $75.

1881 THE PHRENOLOGY JOURNAL AND SCIENCE HEALTH. August 1881, 6 ½“ x 9 ¾“, 34 pp., published by Fowler & Wells. This important Phrenology monthly was first published in 1845  and grew from a magazine dedicated solely to the pseudo-science of the study of the shape of the head and how it determines behavior and mental capacity. It later became a repository of information of not only Phrenology but also a wide range of both pseudo-scientific and true medical and sociological content. This issue has wonderful articles on The Puritan Child, The Cause of Somnambulism, The Injurious Effect of Tobacco, Inebriety in Offspring, A New bathing Machine, and of course Phrenology. Nice advertisement on back cover for the phrenological bust.  Overall G- VG condition - clean and complete, with light cover wear, some edge chipping, age toning and a few light spots. The spine is also chipping, and the front cover is coming loose. (Jb.708); $75.

1900 ANTIKAMNIA  CALENDAR PAGE. 10" x 7" Calendar page for Nov. and Dec.  1900.  Single page " Where My Goat"?  Fine cond ( there are two holes along top where it was string tied). Aimed at the medical fraternity, calendar page have advertising on back for the doctor. (Jb.714); $75. 
The Antikamnia ('opposed to pain') Chemical Company  was established in St Louis in 1890, and produced antikamnia medicines.c Between 1897 and 190, their marketing campaign produced calendars, utilizing the artwork of Louis Crucius.  Crucius was a pharmacist in 1882 and later a doctor in St Louis, Missouri. While he was studying he worked in a pharmacy and made humorous sketches that were placed in the window of the store. A collection of these drawings was published in 1893 (Funny Bones). Thirty of Crucius' 'dance of death'-inspired drawings were used to make the Antikamnia Chemical Company calendars.  It has become increasingly hard to find complete calendars any longer.  

MASTA'S INDIAN PUMONIC BALSAM ADVERTISEMENT. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2  two sided advertising broadside/handout. Not dated, ca. 1870s, great graphic text for coughs, colds and hoarseness remedy. Jos. A Masta , Indian Physician and Proprietor, Lowell, Mass. Fine cond. (Jb.711); $95. 

DR.  A. J. FLAGG'S COUGH AND LUNG SYRUP. 10" x 7 3/4"  one sided advertising broadside.  Ca. 1878 (listed in testimonial) , Patent medicine advertsing for coughs , colds, asthma, etc.  Original fold line, a few minor creases, overall VF- F cond. (Jb.710); $95.   

FAIRFIELD'S APOTHECARY LIST OF PATENT MEDICINES. 10 3/4" x 6" one sided  broadside of various patent medicine. Not dated ca. 1880. Gray paper, exhibits some wear, overall VG. (Jb.709); $75.  

KICKAPOO INDIAN MEDICINE COMPANY. Original Albumen image, 5” x 7”; Previous owner had image removed from album, reaffixed to rag paper. The album apparently had serious condition issues, and the images were removed to aid in their preservation. The period inscription on the original album page was “ Kickapoo Indian Med. Co. No.27, Lincoln, Ill Aug 20, 1892”.  Some minor rippling , small scrape b/l edge, overall VG. Very scarce subject matter. (Jb. 123); $275.
Another method of publicity undertaken by patent medicine firms was the  medicine show“, a small traveling circus which offered entertainments on a small scale, and which ended in a pitch for the cure all being sold. The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company became one of the largest and most successful medicine show operators; their shows had an American Indian or Wild West theme, and employed many Native Americans in their acts.

RED BLOOD AND NERVE PILLS BROADSIDE.17" x 6 1/4" Broadside for Dr. Garnett's Red Blood  and Nerve Pills for " Pale People . Not dated, ca. 1880-90 . . Published by the wholesale agents of Stewart and Holmes, who operated their apothecary shop in Seattle, Washington. (Jb.737); $145.