Applied Physiology Including The Effects Of Alcohol And Narcotics By Frank Overton Appraisal

Applied Physiology: Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics by Frank Overton

This is a hardcover medical and educational textbook titled 'Applied Physiology: Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics,' authored by Frank Overton, A.M., M.D., and published by the American Book Company (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago). The title page indicates this is an 'Advanced Grade' edition. Across the frontispiece is a notable early X-ray photograph (roentgenogram) captioned 'Bones in the hand and wrist,' demonstrating the late 19th or early 20th-century origins of the book, likely dating between 1897 and 1910. The paper stock appears to be a heavy, cream-colored wood-pulp paper with a matte finish. Construction features a typical sewn binding of the era with a cloth-covered board, visible in green or grey-blue at the edges. Noted condition includes slight yellowing and foxing consistent with age, minor smudging on the lower right of the title page, and visible wear/fraying on the spine and corners of the cover. The typography is a classic Victorian-style serif, and the inclusion of early radiology as a frontispiece suggests it was a contemporary scientific work for its time, intended for higher education or normal school instruction.