An advertisement leaf separated from Harper's Magazine for Vin Mariani, showing an engraved portrait of Sir Morell Mackenzie and the latter's signed autograph testimonial of this famous panacea
by VIN MARIANI (advertiser).--MORELL MACKENZIE, m.d
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New York,: Harper's,, (n.d. ca.1900).. One leave, printed at recto & verso. 17,4 x 25 cm.-- (Small tear in the lower margin, repaired). ¶ "The active ingredient in Vin Mariani was cocaine, extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, a plant indigenous to Peru. Introduced in 1871 by Mariani (1838-1914) who developed it while working in a Parish pharmacy... He was a master at using testimonials from celebrities, and over the years he published the appreciations of kings, queens, popes, actors, actresses, musicians, writers, clergymen, politicians, and most notably, leaders of the medical profession" (Helfand, p. 129ff).
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- Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books (BE)
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- 1846
- Title
- An advertisement leaf separated from Harper's Magazine for Vin Mariani, showing an engraved portrait of Sir Morell Mackenzie and the latter's signed autograph testimonial of this famous panacea
- Author
- VIN MARIANI (advertiser).--MORELL MACKENZIE, m.d
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Harper's,
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- (n.d. ca.1900).
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- quackery quacks beverages narcotics coca cocaine advertisements portraits drugs addiction
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- quackery - quacks;
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About Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.