Health & Medicine
Explore a diverse collection of texts on health and medicine, ranging from historical perspectives to practical guides. This category features works that cover medical knowledge, wellness tips, and insights into healthcare practices. Ideal for both curious minds and those seeking to understand more about the evolution of medical science, each book offers valuable information that is both educational and engaging.
A Treatise on the Art of Midwifery Setting Forth Various Abuses Therein, Especially as to the Practice With Instruments: the Whole Serving to Put All Rational Inquirers in a Fair Way of Very Safely Forming Their Own Judgement Upon the Question; Which It Is Best to Employ, in Cases of Pregnancy and Lying-in, a Man-midwife; Or, a Midwife
In a world turning towards men and machines during childbirth, one woman fights to preserve the historic role of female caregivers and the natural process of birth.
By Elizabeth Nihell
Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica
** Step back in time to an era where doctors relied on this singular book to identify the drugs, dosages, and treatments available during the nineteenth century.
By Merck & Co.
Tics and Their Treatment
Uncover the mysterious world of involuntary movements and sounds through the story of one man's lifelong struggle to understand his condition.
By Henry Meige
The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania
A deadly plague and a strange dancing frenzy reveal the hidden layers of human nature amid chaos and uncertainty in Europe.
By J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker
Medieval Medicine
Uncover a time of unexpected healing and knowledge, defying the dark stereotypes of medicine long ago.
By James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood
Witness a historical clash where a lone physician's revolutionary idea of how blood truly flows sets the stage for modern medicine, forever challenging the old ways.
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life By Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. and Peptic Precepts, Pointing Out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion, and to Regulate and Strengthen the Action of the Stomach and Bowels
Discover how simple adjustments to food, activity, and mental attitude can unlock a vibrant, long life.
By William Kitchiner
Report of the committee appointed to investigate the causes and extent of the late extraordinary sickness and mortality in the town of Mobile
Unsanitary conditions, extreme weather, and limited medical care converge to unleash a wave of sickness and death upon a vulnerable town.
By Mobile (Ala.). Committee on Causes and Extent of the Late Extraordinary Sickness and Mortality in the Town
The Nervous Housewife
Discover the hidden world of early 20th-century housewives and the emotional battles they fought against societal pressure and changing roles.
By Abraham Myerson
Clergymen and Doctors: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches.
Discover the surprising connections and comical encounters between preachers and physicians in a bygone era, filled with witty exchanges and moral lessons.
By Anonymous
The Sanitary Evolution of London
Discover how a bustling 19th-century city grappled with deadly diseases and slow-moving reforms, revealing a time when public health was a battleground between progress and neglect.
By Henry (Henry Lorenzo) Jephson
Eugenics as a Factor in the Prevention of Mental Disease
Faced with a rising tide of mental illness, this story offers a controversial solution involving selective breeding to create a healthier population.
By Horatio M. (Horatio Milo) Pollock
Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I
Explore the secrets of life as this groundbreaking scientific work seeks to categorize the principles governing the actions and feelings of living things.
By Erasmus Darwin
Physiological Researches on Life and Death
Go on a journey through this early scientific work, understanding life's functions and how they relate to the body's unavoidable journey to death.
By Xavier Bichat
Ribbon in the sky
Lost in space, a lone pilot must confront a planet's epidemic of fear and a mysterious sky-ribbon to save a desperate young couple seeking freedom.
By Murray Leinster
The suppression of tuberculosis $b Together with observations concerning phthisiogenesis in man and animals and suggestions concerning the hygiene of cow stables and the production of milk for infant-feeding, with special reference to tuberculosis
Discover how germs jump from cows to people, causing a deadly sickness and sparking a race to find new ways to protect our health.
By Emil von Behring
Love—Marriage—Birth Control Being a Speech delivered at the Church Congress at Birmingham, October, 1921
In a time of changing views, a controversial speech challenges old ideas about love, marriage, and the choices that shape families.
By Bertrand Edward Dawson Dawson
Some Medical Aspects of Old Age Being the Linacre lecture, 1922, St. John's college, Cambridge
Explore the early 20th-century medical insights into aging, longevity, and the fine line between healthy aging and disease.
By Humphry Davy Rolleston
A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays
Explore the dangerous world of poisons and venoms through an early scientific lens, as one author strives to unravel their deadly mechanisms.
By Richard Mead
Alcohol and the Human Brain
Discover how a late 19th-century scientist argued that even a sip of alcohol could lead to mental and moral ruin, threatening both personal well-being and the foundations of society.
By Joseph Cook