r/DrBeboutsCabinet

An interesting old combo med.

chlorpheniramine, salicylamide, phenacetin, caffeine, ascorbic acid, and methamphetamine.

Slim but huge print size anatomical reference work from the 1500s. Colophon says it was printed in August of 1543 in Basel. Cutout pages intact (they were apparently intended to be cut out and pasted by hand to show a layered human anatomical reference). One page with two engravings missing, otherwise complete. Condition is currently terrible — mold (not sure if dormant or active), foxing, water damage, stains throughout the book, edge loss, worming holes, and possibly blood on the cover (it was used during dissections after all…). But it seems to be extremely rare in private hands. I’d like to get it appraised and would like to inquire somewhere about possible conservation. Any advice? I am based in Zurich.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283823359_The_Vesalius_'Epitome'_of_'De_Humani_Corporis_Fabrica'_of_1543_-A_Worldwide_Census_with_New_Findings

e-rara.ch/bau_1/content/zoom/691201

Title: Disorders of Menstruation
Author: Edward W. Jenks, M.D., LL.D.
Publication Year: 1888
Publisher: George S. Davis, Detroit
Series: Physicians’ Leisure Library (Second Series)

This late 19th-century medical monograph provides a clinical overview of menstrual disorders including amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and menorrhagia. It reflects the transitional period of gynecology as a developing specialty, combining observational practice with early pharmacologic and mechanical interventions.

Therapies described include the use of iodine, arsenic, strychnine, and opiates, along with procedures such as uterine dilation. The volume also contains pharmaceutical advertisements from companies such as Parke, Davis & Co., illustrating early drug standardization and marketing practices.

Condition: Digitally preserved from a disbound original; fully scanned and OCR-searchable.

Digital Copy:

https://www.beboutfamilymedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Disorders-of-Menstruation.pdf
https://archive.org/details/disorders-of-menstruation

Picked up a small group of original lithographic plates from what I believe is Bourgery & Jacob’s Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’homme (1831–1854), one of the most ambitious anatomical atlases ever produced. Drawn and lithographed by D.M. Galet, printed by Lemercier, Bénard et Cie in Paris.
The color is original hand-application — not a later chromolithograph reprint. Paper is heavy laid stock with the characteristic cream tone of mid-19th century French printing. Planches 159 and 160 show deep abdominal and retroperitoneal dissections; Planche 170 covers pelvic anatomy with multiple figures.
These were part of an 8-volume opus that took over 20 years to complete. The illustrations are genuinely stunning as objects — medical science meets fine art.

These all came in from a local farm

I bought a copy of that book a couple of years ago and I’m glad to be able to share some interesting pictures with you, fellow Pharma fans!

I’ve been digging a privy that goes back at least to 1902, this was in there.

Guessing it’s from the predecessor to Alva-Amco but I couldn’t find any info at all.

We’ve had some other medical and “medical” finds, like Glover’s Mange Remedy, Hick’s Capudine (headache “cure”) and W.F. Severa (made several “cures”) bottles.