[Item #60857] Satire and Caricature in Medical History. Illustrated. Historical Series, Fourth Supplement. ARLINGTON CHEMICAL COMPANY.

Satire and Caricature in Medical History. Illustrated. Historical Series, Fourth Supplement

New York: New York Pharmacal Ass'n / Arlington Chemical Company, n.d. [1928]. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial thick-paper wrappers; 24pp; illus. Mild external wear and soil; mild corner-creasing; Very Good+. Illustrated after original engravings, with descriptive text. One of a series of premium booklets issued by the Pharmacal Association, a manufacturer of patent medicines including "Lactopeptine," a cure-all nostrum popular in the first decades of the 20th century. Includes ads for the latter and others, including "Borolyptol" and the perhaps aptly-named "Cultol", to aid in the "onward and outward passage of the bowel content."

Price: $40.00

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