The Household Manual or Domestic Hygiene, Foods and Drinks, Common Diseases, Accidents and Emergencies, and Useful Hints and Recipes . . .
Battle Creek, Mich. Published at the Office of the Health Reformer, 1875. First edition. 3 vols in 1 (as published), 8vo (7 x 4.5 inches), original purple-brown cloth, gilt lettering, 124, 60, 62, [4] pages. Illustrations in the ads. Cloth a little lightly stained, with some slight bumping and rubbing to the extremities; a very good copy. Item #22391
“The ‘hygienic system,’ or ‘health reform,’ as it is sometimes called, is very little understood outside the ranks of its adherents. The majority of people believe it to be a ‘horrid’ doctrine which teaches all manner of absurdities, such as ‘starvation diet,’ ‘bran-based diet,’ ‘cold-water cure,’ and similar notions.” One of at least two publisher’s issues of health reform titles bound together with the 1875 Household Manual, this version bound with Russell Thacher Trall’s The Health and Diseases of Woman (Battle Creek, 1873) and his Essay on Tobacco-Using (Battle Creek, 1872). Atwater 2084.
Price: $150.00