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Humphreys' Manual on the Care and Treatment of Every Illness Safe to Treat at Home, a pocket-size advertising booklet from Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Company, Lafayette and Prince Streets, New York, copyrighted 1936. About 3.2 x 4.6 inches, stapled, in a red-orange cover with a black and gold HM shield; the back cover advertises Humphreys 77 for Colds. Condition: cover toned with a creased upper corner, light spotting and small rubs; title page bright.
The title page instructs Keep This Book in Your Medicine Cabinet. These manuals described common household ailments and the numbered Humphreys homeopathic remedies recommended for each.
A nice example of 1930s patent-medicine and homeopathy advertising, for collectors of pharmacy, drugstore and medical ephemera.
The title page instructs Keep This Book in Your Medicine Cabinet. These manuals described common household ailments and the numbered Humphreys homeopathic remedies recommended for each.
A nice example of 1930s patent-medicine and homeopathy advertising, for collectors of pharmacy, drugstore and medical ephemera.
