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Digital Highlights: Achoo!

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Page from Dr. Townsend's "Hay Fever, Asthma, and Chronic Catarrh."

With the approach of what seems like an extremely early spring — particularly in the Northeast — many of us are checking the expiry dates on our allergy medications.

According to Dr. M.M. Townsend, however, all we need is a pint or four-ounce bottle of his hay fever, allergy, and catarrh remedy to have a sneeze-free season: “…this Remedy, it is believed, will relieve every case.” (5) Continue reading

Images from the Library

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From John Read’s A description of Read’s patent syringe, or, Stomach pump, and lavement apparatus : with directions for its employment in the following operations, viz.: extracting poison from the stomach : administering clysters : introducing tobacco fumes into the bowels : transfusion of blood & venous injections : drawing off the urine : injecting the bladder : female injections : administration of food and medicine : drawing the breasts : injecting the wounds inflicted by rabid animals, thereby preventing hydrophobia, &c. &c. : containing also testimonials of its superior utility, and a tabular view of poisons and antidotes, from professional authority (1830).

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Digital Highlights: Demonological Studies

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Bookplate from Volume I of "Demonology and Devil-lore."

The supernatural has enduring appeal in pop culture — as evidenced by the popularity of shows like Supernatural, True Blood, and Misfits — but also has a firm place in more academic surroundings. Before the physiological or neurological reasons were known for issues like epilepsy or schizophrenia, demoniac possession or the curse of a deity seemed as good an explanation as any for the symptoms at hand. Continue reading

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From Probadas flores : romanas de famosos & doctos varones compuestas para salud reparo d’los cuerpos humanos & ge[n]tilezas de hombres de palacio & de cria[n]ça tra[n]sladadas de le[n]gua ytaliana en nuestra española. Nueuame[n]te impressas corregidas: y emendadas con additiones (undated).

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Digital Highlights: Transatlantic Beauty Advice

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Title page from "My Lady's Dressing-Room."

“The abuse of the habit of kissing is injurious to the complexion.” (86) This somewhat baffling statement is part of the survey of the “The Face” in My Lady’s Dressing-Room, a 1892 translation of a French volume by the Baronne Staffe on personal care and beauty for women. Harriet Hubbard Ayer writes in her introduction that she has “translated and adapted [the original French] for the women of America.” (iii) Continue reading