Vitalogy; or, Encyclopedia of health and home

Vitalogy, first published in 1899 and expanded and updated in 1930, was the most popular and influential home health encyclopedia of its day. In the 1990s it inspired a major album by the rock band Pearl Jam. We have selected and reproduced four chapters from the 1930 edition.

first Published In 1899, Vitalogy Is A Home Health Reference, And Its Advice, Both Strangely Prescient And Very Dated, Is Once More At The Cutting Edge. Four Chapters Have Been Reproduced, Including The Die-cut, Full-color Manikin Of The Human Head Found In The Original.

Who should and who should not occupy the same bed.