Author: PHILLIPS, PETER J.
Title: Kill or Cure? Lotions, Potions Characters & Quacks of early Australia.
Description: First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 160; numerous b/w illustrations throughout, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, edges a little spotted, very good copy. Adelaide; Rigby Limited; 1978. A graphic picture of medical eccentricity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hydropothy, phrenology, and mesmerism were some of the 'wonder cures' in vogue, while amazing electrical devices, such as electric hair brushes, belts, insoles, baths and invigorators were thought by some to be the answer to any bodily problems.
Keywords: Australian Local Medical History Medicine Cures Melbourne New South Wales Victoria Australia
Title: Kill or Cure? Lotions, Potions Characters & Quacks of early Australia.
Description: First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 160; numerous b/w illustrations throughout, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, edges a little spotted, very good copy. Adelaide; Rigby Limited; 1978. A graphic picture of medical eccentricity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hydropothy, phrenology, and mesmerism were some of the 'wonder cures' in vogue, while amazing electrical devices, such as electric hair brushes, belts, insoles, baths and invigorators were thought by some to be the answer to any bodily problems.
Keywords: Australian Local Medical History Medicine Cures Melbourne New South Wales Victoria Australia
Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 125368
- Book number: 125368