Australian Victorian Medicine - The Means of Prolonging Life and Avoiding Diseases
Louis L. Smith. Published H.T. Dwight, Melbourne 1864. 125pp. plus 3 pages of advertisements for Dr. Smiths services and books.
Smith held morning and evening consultations at 192 Bourke St. East and an afternoon consultation at his home, 6 Royal Terrace, Fitzroy.
Contents are the usual 19th C preoccupations ranging from diet, ventilation in the home, exercise, depression and chills through to weakening of the mind by straining when evacuating.
Soused and boiled pigs feet take only an hour to digest, while a roasted wild duck takes 4.5 hours…..
Gilt titled faded mauve cloth boards have corner bumps, lightly worn. Owners inscription (Charles Hudson, Herbalist) to ffep. Contents lightly toned but overall clean and well bound. (17x11cm)


Estimate $100-200