This is the fourth edition & It was intended to instruct ordinary readers in how to treat injuries and medical emergencies in the home, before access to trained medical professionals was widespread.

  Bound in the publisher’s original brown cloth, panelled in blind, with gilt lettering on the front board and spine, and a gilt illustration on the front board,  Corners are bumped and rubbed from age and handling (check photo's carefully), usual age relating yellowing to pages and edges and musty smelling from being in storage in the loft for years but no rips tears or scribble, always from a smoke free home.