125.00 USD
Confession of a Neurasthenic by Horace Hazeltine is a rare piece of antique pharmaceutical advertising. Published in 1911 by Bauer Chemical, the illustrated autobiographical story recounts the author's suffering with the symptoms of neurasthenia until he was saved by the drug Sanatogen.
Billed as a brain tonic, Sanatogen was heavily marketed by Bauer Chemical as a nerve revitalizer and remedy for neurasthenia, a condition coined in 1869 with symptoms including fatigue, nervousness, and anxiety.
The small illustrated advertising pamphlet has a decorative cover and a binding sewn with red thread. The cover shows wear particularly around the edges with creases and minor paper loss. The pages are clean and in good condition. The advertising booklet includes a fold-out sheet of "Letters from Famous People" including comments by Lady Henry Somerset, George Ade, David Belasco, John Burroughs, Sir Gilbert Parker, and others notables of the time.
Confession of a Neurasthenic
by Horace Hazeltine author of "The City of Encounters" "The Sable Lorcha", Etc.
The Bauer Chemical Company, New York City, 1911
Copyright 1911 by F.W. Hehmayer
Printer: American Lithographic Company
11 Pages plus fold out page
7 1/2" x 4 5/8"
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