Offered for auction is this neat old vintage 1882 antique hardcover Medical Book titled;  " HEALTH AT HOME, OR  HALL'S FAMILY DOCTOR: " Showing How to Invigorate and Preserve Health, Prolong Life, Cure Diseases, Understand the Physical Conditions of Maternity, and the Proper Management of Infants, and Discussing the Entire Physical Well-Being of Man, With a Very Large Collection of the Latest and Most Valuable Medical Prescriptions - By W. W. HALL, A.M., M.D., Editor of Hall's "Journal of Health", Author of "Health By Good Living", "Sleep", "Bronchitis and Kindred Diseases", Etc., Etc. - (published by) JAMES BETTS & CO., Hartford, Conn., A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco, Cal. - 1882 - Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by W. W. HALL, M.D., In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.  The Preface is shown as the 18th Edition.  Book measures 6 3/4" by 9 1/4", and 2 3/8" thick.

Book's cover is made of a dark reddish brown colored decorative cloth material.  The spine is marked in gold colored lettering;  HEALTH AT HOME - BY W. W. HALL M.D. - ILLUSTRATED. 

Contains 891 pages filled with information and illustrations.  CONTENTS page includes;  GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE CURE OF DISEASE - WHY ONE REMEDY MAY CURE MANY AILMENTS APPARENTLY OF A RADICALLY OPPOSITE NATURE - BATHS AND BATHING: THE PHILOSOPHY OF THEIR ACTION, THEIR PROPER EMPLOYMENT, AND THEIR EXTENSIVE EFFICIENCY - THE ACCIDENTS OF LIFE AND THEIR HOME TREATMENT - THE PREVENTION OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING - THE HAIR: ITS NATURE, GROWTH, CULTIVATION, AND PRESERVATION - EXERCISE: ITS VALUE AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING SICKNESS AND CURING DISEASE, WITH THE BEST MODES OF TAKING IT TO THE HIGHEST ADVANTAGE - MATERNITY, AND HOW TO SECURE A SAFE AND EASY DELIVERY OF CHILDREN, WHO SHALL BE SOUND IN HEALTH, WITHOUT DEFORMITY, AND OF A HIGH MORAL CHARACTER, BY SPECIFIED MODES OF LIFE PRECEDING AND DURING GESTATION AND NURSING - SHOULD THE SICKLY MARRY? - YOUTHFUL VICE, ITS NATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND RADICAL CURE - INFANCY: ITS MANAGEMENT FROM BIRTH AND ONWARDS, WITH MINUTE DIRECTIONS ABOUT BATHING, DRESSING, FEEDING, AND SLEEPING, SO AS TO ESCAPE THE ORDINARY DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD - THE HEALTHFUL MEASURE OF MARITAL INDULGENCE - HEREDITARY INFLUENCE - ALLOPATHIC PRESCRIPTIONS: THE LARGEST IN NUMBER, THE LATEST AND THE MOST VALUABLE HITHERTO PUBLISHED IN ANY BOOK FOR POPULAR OR PROFESSIONAL READING.  Back of the book also includes;  ALIMENTS FOR THE SICK - VARIOUS REMEDIES - GENERAL INDEX - SPECIAL INDEX (For Emergencies, Accidents, &c).

A very nice vintage 1887 " OUR FAMILY PHYSICIAN " Hardbound MEDICAL BOOK for the collector and their collection or just the perfect accent piece for that room / home / office / den decor that you've been looking for.  Please email all of your questions.  Buyer to pay $4.00 USPS Media Mail with Delivery Confirmation shipping to the United States.  International Bidders please contact us for shipping costs before bidding!  (Priority International Mail (6-10 days delivery) in almost all cases).  Be sure to keep checking our other very interesting auctions!  And of course, we can combine shipping on multiple auction wins!  

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