The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser (1880) Ray Vaughn Pierce Cloth HC Good

World's Dispensary Medical Association, 1880. Antiquarian cloth bound hardcover of The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified by Ray Vaughn Pierce.

An influential 19th century medical guide reflecting the self-help and domestic healthcare trends of the era. It also served to promote the author's own line of elixirs, such as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.

Includes color plates, and black and white illustrations throughout.

Good condition. Covers worn and stained. Rear interior hinge very worn but intact. Light liquid stain to the front pages up to the title page. Binding good. Interior pages clean. Solid book with shelf wear.