Original maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name and a few marginal lines in pencil. Opposite the title page is written in pencil: "Supper; Beets with the tops on, 2 slices w. wheat bread, cheese, straw berries - No liquids." If I had to get by on that I'd go heavy with the cheese ! Dr. Kintzing was Professor of Physical Diagnosis and Diseases of the Heart at Maryland Medical College and Physician to the Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, Md. "...The great mass of humanity still is almost as ignorant upon matters of right living as were the people in the days when medical practice meant incantations, exorcisms, and occult mysteries." - Preface. Endpapers tanned. 285 pp.