505, [1] pp. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece portrait with author's facsimile autograph and figure drawings within the text. 6½x4½, original embossed dark maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, marbled page edges. First (and only) Edition.

An extremely fresh and clean copy of this early San Francisco imprint. Printed by Edward Bosqui, San Francisco's first "fine printer." The author is best known for his methods of successful home treatment without medicine, his lectures on dietetic and health reform, and his famous "Water Cure." Only 3 copies located in OCLC; however, no copies found in auction records for the past twenty-five years.