WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT IN CASE OF ACCIDENT: A Book for Everybody

New York: The Industrial Publication Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. “As a general rule nothing is more to be reprehended than the meddling of uninformed persons with medical matters” (from the Preface). The contents of this curious work include: Gunshot Wounds, What to do if the Clothes take Fire, Injuries from Corrosive Chemicals, Hanging, Lightning, Foreign Bodies in the Eye, Poisons and their Antidotes, Opium, Poisonous Mushrooms, Bite of Mad Dog, etc. 12mo: 96, [5, ads] pp. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titles and blind-stamped borders. Previous owner’s ink signature and a period bookseller’s label to the front endpaper. (truncated) The rear hinge is cracked. Mild wear to the corners and tips. Scarce, OCLC locates only 3 holdings: Harvard Medical School, Rochester Medical Center, and Yale Medical Library. (Inventory #: 78335)