The Vigor of Man. His Mental and Physical Health Depends Upon a Strong and Robust System [i.e.,] How to Make Life a Success ad Keep Happiness in the Home. [wrapper title]
by [Dr. Knapp Medical Co.]
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Detroit, Michigan: "Published by Dr. Knapp Medical Co." 1898. 32pp. 6 x 3½ inches. Illustrated wrappers. Text only within. Near fine.
Atwater 689.1 notes that the front wrap's illustration of a woman playing a piano, with a man standing at her side, disguised the potentially embarrassing contents within. It also served as manly mark to attain; that of a happy domestic life without sexual excess or sexual diseases.
Atwater: "Dr. Knapp Invigorants are advertised to cure impotents, 'deficient power,' premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, varicocele, 'atrophy or shrinkage of the penis' and urinary difficulties." An ephemeral work of patent medicine and quackery.
OCLC: 2 cc. only, Atwater Collection; Presidential Library of Rutherford B. Hayes.
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- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
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- Title
- The Vigor of Man. His Mental and Physical Health Depends Upon a Strong and Robust System [i.e.,] How to Make Life a Success ad Keep Happiness in the Home. [wrapper title]
- Author
- [Dr. Knapp Medical Co.]
- Book Condition
- Used
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