Know Thyself The Science of Life or Self Preservation a Medical Treatise by George Howard Jones 1881 Peabody Medical Institute Boston
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This is a good small hardcover. 1881 published by authority of The Peabody Medical Institute. This rare copy still contains the original fold out proclamation from Board of Officers of National Medical Association to Dr. George Howard Jones proclaiming the doctor's "great skill" and "successfully applied new remedies in the treatment of these most distressing and destructive ills that afflict the human race in this age".
This copy is good, remarkably clean inside and out. The inside pages do show a hint of light natural tanning but are good and clean. The binding is good, pages tight to binding but hints of wear between pages xviii-xix of introductory lectures. All 3 page edges tipped in gold. Bound in blue cloth, front cover features acorn branch behind gold design and lettering. Back of hardcover boards showing light shelf wear but title along spine and front good and legible. Small hardcover, 12mo book size or 5" x 7" pocket book designed to be carried in pocket or purse for reading anywhere.
Know Thyself is a famous Victorian antiquarian medical guide officially titled The Science of Life or Self-Preservation. Originally published by the Peabody Medical Institute in Boston, it is bound in ornate Victorian Blue w gold accents including all 3 outer page edges tipped in gold.
The content is a 19th-century guide to male reproductive health, anatomy, and physiology.
The focus is on what Victorian medicine termed "nervous debility" or "seminal weakness".
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