The Hydropathic Encyclopedia: A System of Hydropathy and Hygiene in Eight Parts (2 volumes in 1, complete)

Green cloth 12mo; xi, (1), 460, (3), 504, (4)pp. With 5 anatomical plates printed in red ink preceding the title page. Spine stamped "Fowler & Wells" with gilt Adam & Eve vignette. A Good copy, heavily rubworn, exposing the boards around the edges and shallow loss to the spine ends. Hinges cracked; varying amounts of soil, most prominent to the first plate; blue ink smudge to the foredge and a few pages in the second half. Complete in one volume and full of wacky remedies, well illustrated. (4)p catalog at rear. "Designed as a guide to families and students, and a text-book for physicians," the latter a reminder of lax qualifications and dubious treatments, like pouring cold water over a woman's head to treat "hysteria."