Man the Masterpiece - Kellogg
Man the Masterpiece or Plain Truths Plainly Told About Boyhood, Youth, and Manhood
Author: John Harvey Kellogg
Publisher: Health Publishing Co., Battle Creek, MI
Date: 1891
604 pages, abundantly illustrated with 19 color plates, fold-out anatomical dissection. Includes a separate 34 page pamphlet in a pocket of the back inside cover addressing Venereal Diseases. The pamphlet also has several pages of color illustrations.
Condition: Ex libris from the Pacific Press Publishing Association Library. Some wear and fading to cover and spine ends. Cracked hinges inside front and back cover. Marbled page edges in good condition. Tissue overlay between frontispiece and title page present. No rips, tears, or other damage to pages. Rear pocket with Appendix pamphlet intact.
This is a very early edition of the hugely popular advice book for men by the noted businessman, inventor, physician, and director of the Battle Creek Sanitorium. It covers diet, exercise, rest and sleep, and sexual hygiene. It includes his ideas about the prevention and the cure of common diseases, as well as proposing a model of ideal masculinity.
Man the Masterpiece or Plain Truths Plainly Told About Boyhood, Youth, and Manhood
Author: John Harvey Kellogg
Publisher: Health Publishing Co., Battle Creek, MI
Date: 1891
604 pages, abundantly illustrated with 19 color plates, fold-out anatomical dissection. Includes a separate 34 page pamphlet in a pocket of the back inside cover addressing Venereal Diseases. The pamphlet also has several pages of color illustrations.
Condition: Ex libris from the Pacific Press Publishing Association Library. Some wear and fading to cover and spine ends. Cracked hinges inside front and back cover. Marbled page edges in good condition. Tissue overlay between frontispiece and title page present. No rips, tears, or other damage to pages. Rear pocket with Appendix pamphlet intact.
This is a very early edition of the hugely popular advice book for men by the noted businessman, inventor, physician, and director of the Battle Creek Sanitorium. It covers diet, exercise, rest and sleep, and sexual hygiene. It includes his ideas about the prevention and the cure of common diseases, as well as proposing a model of ideal masculinity.
Man the Masterpiece or Plain Truths Plainly Told About Boyhood, Youth, and Manhood
Author: John Harvey Kellogg
Publisher: Health Publishing Co., Battle Creek, MI
Date: 1891
604 pages, abundantly illustrated with 19 color plates, fold-out anatomical dissection. Includes a separate 34 page pamphlet in a pocket of the back inside cover addressing Venereal Diseases. The pamphlet also has several pages of color illustrations.
Condition: Ex libris from the Pacific Press Publishing Association Library. Some wear and fading to cover and spine ends. Cracked hinges inside front and back cover. Marbled page edges in good condition. Tissue overlay between frontispiece and title page present. No rips, tears, or other damage to pages. Rear pocket with Appendix pamphlet intact.
This is a very early edition of the hugely popular advice book for men by the noted businessman, inventor, physician, and director of the Battle Creek Sanitorium. It covers diet, exercise, rest and sleep, and sexual hygiene. It includes his ideas about the prevention and the cure of common diseases, as well as proposing a model of ideal masculinity.