E H Ruddock, MD - Vitalogy, an Encyclopedia of Health and Home Adapted for the Home, the Layman, the Family; 20 Books Bound In one Large Volume - undated (c1926). A new edition with 360 new plates and incorporating many new features. Chicago, Illinois, USA, Vitalogy Association. Sold by subscription only. Grand 8vo. (25 x 17cms) pp. x + 1004. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards with gilt titles to front board and spine. Being 20 books bound into one volume. Illustrated with folding manikins in natural colours and coloured and half tone plates. Contents include: Women’s diseases, Hydropathy, Material Medica (Herbalist) Home Training, Hygiene and Longevity, Nursing Science, Diet for diseases, Homeopathy, Osteopathy, Obstetrics, Mental Therapeutics, Magnetism, Palmistry, Mind Cure, Psychology, Moral and Sex Hygiene, Marriage and Child Culture. A vast illustrated tome covering every conceivable medical subject in depth. An interesting insight into medicine during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Condition: Good with usual signs of usage and age. Some browning to pages. Within a block of 25 gloss figs or plates there is some limited damage to 6 plates due to pages having been stuck together. This only affects theses plate pages not text pages.