Medical
Reminiscences Of A Workhouse Medical Officer
Joseph Rogers (1821-1889) was an English physician, medical officer, and health care reformer in London. The system of poor-law dispensarie…
Clinical Medicine For Nurses
The basics of clinical medicine for nurses in WWI-era America from a series of lectures by the author, an Asheville, NC physician. - Summary…
On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery
Joseph Lister was born near London in 1827. He studied medicine at the University of London and pursued a career as a surgeon in Scotland. H…
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
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 …
The Natural History of Chocolate
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…
Arrowsmith
This 1926 Pulitzer Prize winning novel centers on the title character, a promising medical student who, as a doctor and following several in…
War Surgery
One of the first volumes dedicated to systematized medical treatment of soldiers in modern warfare, including a chapter on specific care for…
On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp
The author investigated the uses of cannabis resin as an anticonvulsant and relaxant in cases of tetanus, cholera, and infantile convulsions…
Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome
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…
Music in Medicine
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…
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology serves as a foundational resource for understanding the intersection of medicine and criminal inves…
Lectures on Tropical Diseases
This short volume consists of the ten lectures which Sir Patrick Manson, medical adviser to the Colonial Office, delivered in San Francisco …
Histology of the Blood
This is a textbook on the science of blood and bloodwork by (1908) Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. Should appeal to hematologists, phl…
The Natural History
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
On chronic alcoholic intoxication
Physician William Marcet treated numerous cases of acute alcoholism (delirium tremens) and chronic alcoholism. He suggests gastrointestinal …
Final Report of the 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…
The Mesmeric Guide
Aimed at "those who judge of a Science by its practical utility and think that one minute spent in applying it to the benefit of mankin…
An Essay of the Shaking Palsy
This publication is said to be the first to present a systematic view of what was later named Parkinson's disease. Six case studies are desc…
Aequanimitas
This book is a compilation of twenty-two addresses given by Sir William Osler in various settings. He spoke on the philosophical and moral f…
Observations of an Orderly
Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…