A Guide to Old Age, or a Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth
book · 1795
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SUMMARY
Brodum's promotional book, the vehicle for the cordial-and-syrup marketing and the source of the case's 'old age' framing. Wellcome catalogue work gsy34qcc, title 'A guide to old age, or a cure for the indiscretions of youth / [William Brodum]', production 'London: Printed by J. W. Myers for the author, 1795.' Rights confirmed as Public Domain Mark on the IIIF presentation b28758353 (fetched 2026-06-15). The title was advertised within Brodum's own royal-patent broadside ('A GUIDE TO OLD AGE; Or, a Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth', with the doctor's portrait, dedicated to the King, 'in German and in English, Price 3s. 6d.'), confirming it as a marketing instrument for the medicines rather than an independent medical treatise. Cited for the book's existence, title, author, printer, and 1795 date (it backs the claim brodum-cordial-cures-indiscretions-youth). The book is illustrated in this bundle by the period advertisement for it reproduced on Brodum's broadside (media brodum-guide-old-age-advertisement-1801, sourced to the broadside record), not by a separate scan of the book's title page. The book's internal medical assertions are reported as Brodum's marketing claims, not as established fact.
NOTES
A Guide to Old Age, or a Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth is the book through which Brodum promoted his Nervous Cordial and Botanical Syrup, and the source of the case’s framing around old age and the “indiscretions of youth”. The Wellcome catalogue records the 1795 edition printed by J. W. Myers for the author (work gsy34qcc), with a Public Domain Mark on the digitized copy; a reissue printed by J. Cundee in 1800 is recorded at work gbnrjm8m. Brodum advertised the book within his own royal-patent broadside, at 3s 6d, with his portrait and a dedication to the King, which marks it as a marketing instrument for the medicines. It is cited here for its existence, title, author, printer, and date (it backs the claim brodum-cordial-cures-indiscretions-youth). The book is illustrated in this bundle not by a scan of its title page but by the period advertisement for it on Brodum’s broadside (media brodum-guide-old-age-advertisement-1801, sourced to the broadside record). Its medical assertions are treated as Brodum’s claims, not as fact.