The German chemical company A.G. Bayer introduced two important pharmaceuticals between 1898 and 1899—aspirin and heroin. Unfortunately this book is about the former. However, today, in what the authors call “the golden age of aspirin,” people are woefully unaware that aspirin can actually help prevent or alleviate symptoms of thrombosis, pregnancy-related hypertension, pulmonary embolism, etc… Conspiracy? Yup. Patent ran out years ago, so there’s no profit to be made pushing this “wonder drug.” Book is printed in very large double-leaded type, possibly in consideration of headache-inclined connoisseurs of the drug. RA

Publisher: Consultant
Paperback: 128 pages
Illustrated

“Booed, banned, sought after and revered, these bizarre experimental films will taunt you long after their viewing. Featuring the controversial Catscan and Cazzazza’s controversial SXXX-80, this is perfect viewing for testing the limits of your mind.” 40 min.

Publisher: M+M
Video

A young virgin is schooled in bawdy bedroom manners by a perverted gang of “immoral tutors.” Fornication, murder, incest, atheism and wanton self-gratification are the lessons of the day. “‘Tis essential, however, to utter harsh and foul words during the intoxication of ecstasy, and the vernacular of blasphemy well serves the imagination. Experiment, Eugenie, and you will see the results… flaunt your debauchery and your libertinage, carry the air of a whore: let them glimpse a nipple when in secluded places, garb yourself lewdly to expose your most private parts and incite your friends to do likewise.” GR

Publisher: Creation
Paperback: 192 pages

A clinical symposium booklet with illustrations by John A. Craig, M.D.

Publisher: CIBA-GEIGY
Pamphlet: 32 pages
Illustrated

“As a captain in the U.S. Third Cavalry and an amateur ethnologist, Bourke spent a decade of his life researching the scatological rites, customs, and folklore of all nations. First published in 1891 as Scatological Rites of All Nations, this forgotten classic included “The Use of Bladders in Making Excrement Sausages,” and “Tolls of Flatulence Exacted of Prostitutes in France,” to name a few chapters. This present compendium has selected excerpts, with over 500 pages, filled with the strangest and most wonderful Bourkean anecdotes and oddities.”

Publisher: Morrow
Hardback: 191 pages
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Who would have guessed that the passion flower is a sedative, with hypotensive (lowers blood pressure), anodyne (relieves mental distress) and antispasmodic properties. We should be grateful that Angostura bitters are no longer made from Angostura, as in large enough doses it’s known to cause vomiting and the evacuation of the bowels. Little wonder that horses are perky after eating their oats, since it is an antidepressant, also good for alleviating the symptoms of menopause. Pilewort leaves it to the imagination—it’s enough to say that this herb could lead to an improvement in a very uncomfortable condition. Find a wild lettuce and it could relieve bronchitis and help sleep. A fascinating reference book with descriptions of what to look for, where to find it, and which bits to use. Over 500 plants are listed with their many uses. Despite the fact that the new edition, updated from the original 1907 version, no longer has illustrations—they were of too poor a quality to reproduce—this is an essential source of information for anyone seriously interested in herbal drugs. TR

Publisher: C.W. Daniel
Paperback: 362 pages

“Lustmurder, necrophilia, pederasty, fetishism, bestiality, transvestism and transsexuality, rape and mutilation, sado-masochism, exhibitionism; all these and countless other psychosexual proclivities are detailed in the 237 case histories that make up Richard von Krafft-Ebing’s legendary Psychopathia Sexualis… An essential reference book for those in the development of medical and psychiatric diagnosis of sexual derangement, Psychopathia Sexualis will also prove a fascinating document to anyone drawn to the darker side of human sexuality and behavior.” With new introduction by Terence Sellers, author of The Correct Sadist.

Publisher: Creation
Paperback: 192 pages

Kick-ass, “kinky-dyke” lesbian comes out swinging. Her first piece on pornography, in 1979, sets the tone: “I think the only problem with pornography is that there’s not enough of it, and the porn that does exist reflects the sexual fantasies of aging Catholic gangsters.” She’s still “fussing and fuming about sexual repression and censorship… Being a sex radical means being defiant as well as deviant. It means being aware that there is something dissatisfying and dishonest about the way sex is talked about (or hidden) in daily life. It also means questioning the way our society assigns privilege based on adherence to its moral codes, and in fact makes every sexual choice a matter of morality.” A decade of the author’s journalism, culled from various publications. Essays on “Gay Men, Lesbians and Sex,” where she expounds on her experiences in handballing gay men. “Sluts in Utopia: The Future of Radical Sex,” where she lists 42 things you can do to make the future safer for sex. “The Age of Consent: The Great Kiddy-Porn Panic of ‘77,” explains when a bogus issue called “the huge child pornography industry” meant to homophobes that homosexuals were “seducing their children into prostitution.” GR

Publisher: Cleis
Paperback: 264 pages

The Old World Order turns out a real-life Robinson Crusoe. For passionately holding and kissing a young friend, in 1725 sailor Jan Svilt was charged with “engaging in the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah” by the Dutch East India Company, “the most powerful and ruthless multinational the world has ever known. Svilt’s officers felt that his affection for his ward Bandino would bring the wrath of God down on the Dutch fleet as it had on Sodom.” At the same time, the Company offered slave prostitutes to its men at certain Spice Island ports. Svilt’s brave journal, of his life and slow death on the barren Atlantic island of Ascension, is the heart of this book. GR

Publisher: Green Eagle
Paperback: 144 pages
Illustrated

If you are a vegetarian, is it OK to wear leather shoes? No. Can you drink milk? No. What about sugar, that’s a plant, right? Wrong. According to Braunstein, bones are used to refine sugar. He says that what can be eaten is more important than what cannot. These ponderings run the gamut of modern diet fetish, taking on timely topics such as raw foods, vitamins and macrobiotics. Even an 11-year program to become a spiritually correct vegetarian is outlined.
“Chicken soup might be pronounced kosher, yet no hen has announced publicly her Judaism,” he quips. Other attempts at humor, some successful, are mixed into the rants on such topics as evil meat karma, why milk sucks and the virtues of food combining. Did you know that when people die from choking, it is usually a piece of meat that kills them? It’s all in this cool book. “After all,” Braunstein writes, “life is a joke, and death its laughter.” GE

Publisher: Panacea
Paperback: 138 pages
Illustrated