A PRIVATE TREATISE ADDRESSED TO YOUTH, MANHOOD AND OLD AGE, ON DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS AND SEXUAL SYSTEM SHOWING THESE FORMIDABLE DISORDERS TO BE CURABLE IN ALL THEIR STAGES.
[NY]: Von Graef Medical Co., (1890). Black illustrated salmon colored paperwraps. 19 cm. 32 pp. Illustrated. Printed on poor quality paper. Verso of title page prints a small order form (unused). Promotional material for the Von Graef method of treatment through the use of "troches," small lozenge-shaped masses of medicine designed to dissolve quickly. Numerous testimonials (all dated 1890) from satisfied customers. Copyright date 1888, an illustration of the Von Graef office building on rear wrapper. A very good copy. Item #60311
OCLC lists 8 copies for the 1888 publication: NY Acad. of Med., Univ. of Rochester Med. Ctr., UC-Davis, Yale U. Med. Lib., Univ. of Chicago, Nortwestern St. Univ. of Louisiana, Univ. of Virginia, and McMaster Univ. of Health Sci. Lib. One more is added for an 1889 edition: McGill Univ. [Univ. of Rochester & Univ. of Virginia also have an 1889 ed.] Another is added for an 1890 edition: Duke.
Price: $85.00