Medical

The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An A…

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Ellen Newbold La Motte



Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …

“The Flu”: A Brief History of Influenza in U. S. America, Europe, Hawaii

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A. Mouritz



PREFACEThis Booklet has been written and compiled for the use of any student or layman who seeks concise and clear information on the histor…

Generation of Animals

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Aristotle



Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium) Bo…

Music in Medicine

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Sidney Licht



In spite of a spirited rebirth of the movement towards the establishment of a system of healing based on music, there are many valuable uses…

The Natural History Volume 6

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Pliny the Elder



Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp

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William Brooke O'Shaughnessy



The author investigated the uses of cannabis resin as an anticonvulsant and relaxant in cases of tetanus, cholera, and infantile convulsions…

Infection and Immunity

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George M. Sternberg



Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…

A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used…

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Richard Mead



This is a work written about the plague in France and how to prevent its spread. It is considered an important historical work for the unde…

Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome

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William Henry Samuel Jones



This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…

Great Testimony against Scientific Cruelty

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Stephen Coleridge



Vivisection is a pejorative term used by opponents of the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of physiological…

An Alabama Student And Other Biographical Essays

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Sir William Osler



Here are thirteen biographical sketches of physicians penned by one of the founders of modern medicine, William Osler, published in 1908. &…

Microbe Hunters

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Paul De Kruif



Microbe Hunters provides dramatized accounts of eleven early pioneers of microbiology and their important discoveries. Beginning in 1650 wit…

Religion and Health

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James Joseph Walsh



In the introductory chapter and the one following we find the strong presentation of his thesis on the everlasting reality of religion. The …

Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy

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James Moores Ball



Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the anc…

Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments



Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and ra…

History of the Johnstown Flood

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Willis Fletcher Johnson



An account of the Johnstown Flood, the most devastating loss of civilian life in the United States prior to the terrorist attacks of Septemb…

Malaria in Greek History

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William Henry Samuel Jones



This book is an attempt to correct and develop the theory proposed tentatively in the little work Malaria. Put briefly, this theory is as fo…

Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women

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Elizabeth Blackwell



A fascinating account of the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She writes of her struggles in being accepted to …

Post Mortem: Essays, Historical And Medical

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Charles MacLaurin and Charles Maclaurin



This 1922 collection of extensive essays comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of me…

An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae

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Edward Jenner



This collection of three publications details Edward Jenner's investigations into the connection between smallpox and coxpox, and the creati…

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