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Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology

Step into a world where medicine blurs with mystery, debate burns hot, and every remedy carries a promise—or a peril. This shelf explores the strange crossroads of drugs, alcohol, and pharmacology, from fierce challenges to medical orthodoxy to intoxicating visions of escape and salvation. Behind every bottle, theory, and cure lies a deeper question: what heals us, and what changes us forever?

152 Audiobooks

Alcohol and the Human Brain

Alcohol and the Human Brain

by Joseph Cook

Tratado metódico y práctico de Materia Médica y de Terapéutica, tomo segundo

Tratado metódico y práctico de Materia Médica y de Terapéutica, tomo segundo

by Alexis Espanet

The truth about opium : being a refutation of the fallacies of the Anti-Opium Society and a defence of the Indo-China opium trade

The truth about opium : being a refutation of the fallacies of the Anti-Opium Society and a defence of the Indo-China opium trade

by William H. Brereton

The Chemical Constituents of Piper Methysticum Or, The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root

The Chemical Constituents of Piper Methysticum Or, The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root

by Alice A. Ball

An Old Man's Prayer

An Old Man's Prayer

by George M. (George Melville) Baker

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

by Thomas De Quincey

Candy Medication

Candy Medication

by Bernard Fantus

La "noire idole": Étude sur la Morphinomanie

La "noire idole": Étude sur la Morphinomanie

by Laurent Tailhade

The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Our Social Armour

The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Our Social Armour

by James Runciman

The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

by C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel) Thompson

Lehrbuch der Toxikologie für Tierärzte

Lehrbuch der Toxikologie für Tierärzte

by Eugen Fröhner

Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink

Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Tobacco Leaves: Being a Book of Facts for Smokers

Tobacco Leaves: Being a Book of Facts for Smokers

by William Augustine Brennan

L'Anglais mangeur d'opium Traduit de l'Anglais et augmenté par Alfred de Musset, avec une notice par M. Arthur Heulhard

L'Anglais mangeur d'opium Traduit de l'Anglais et augmenté par Alfred de Musset, avec une notice par M. Arthur Heulhard

by Thomas De Quincey

Tuliliemen tuttavana: Alkoholimuistelmia

Tuliliemen tuttavana: Alkoholimuistelmia

by Jack London

Nicotiana; Or, The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion

Nicotiana; Or, The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion

by Henry James Meller

The happiness rock

The happiness rock

by Albert Teichner

The Rise and Fall of Prohibition The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States

The Rise and Fall of Prohibition The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States

by Charles Hanson Towne

A Short View of the Frauds and Abuses Committed by Apothecaries As well in Relation to Patients, as Physicians: And Of the only Remedy thereof by Physicians making their own Medicines.

A Short View of the Frauds and Abuses Committed by Apothecaries As well in Relation to Patients, as Physicians: And Of the only Remedy thereof by Physicians making their own Medicines.

by Christopher Merret

A Treatise on Regional Iodine Therapy for the Veterinary Clinician

A Treatise on Regional Iodine Therapy for the Veterinary Clinician

by Mart R. (Martin Robert) Steffen

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2

by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)

Tobacco and Alcohol I. It Does Pay to Smoke. II. The Coming Man Will Drink Wine.

Tobacco and Alcohol I. It Does Pay to Smoke. II. The Coming Man Will Drink Wine.

by John Fiske

The Son of My Friend

The Son of My Friend

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Pharmacographia A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India

Pharmacographia A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India

by Friedrich A. (Friedrich August) Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury

Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers

Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers

by John Philip Quinn

The Great American Fraud The Patent Medicine Evil

The Great American Fraud The Patent Medicine Evil

by Samuel Hopkins Adams

The Lights and Shadows of Real Life

The Lights and Shadows of Real Life

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

John Barleycorn

John Barleycorn

by Jack London

Porneiopathology A Popular Treatise on Venereal and Other Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System; With Remarks on Impotence, Onanism, Sterility, Piles, and Gravel, and Prescriptions for Their Treatment

Porneiopathology A Popular Treatise on Venereal and Other Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System; With Remarks on Impotence, Onanism, Sterility, Piles, and Gravel, and Prescriptions for Their Treatment

by Robert James Culverwell

Sober by Act of Parliament

Sober by Act of Parliament

by Fred A. (Fred Arthur) McKenzie

Bessbrook and Its Linen Mills: A Short Narrative of a Model Temperance Town

Bessbrook and Its Linen Mills: A Short Narrative of a Model Temperance Town

by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

by William Thomas Fernie

Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts

Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts

by Alexander Wynter Blyth

A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco

A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco

by King of England James I

Dr. B. Mure's materia medica : or, provings of the principal animal and vegetable poisons of the Brazilian Empire, and their application in the treatment of disease

Dr. B. Mure's materia medica : or, provings of the principal animal and vegetable poisons of the Brazilian Empire, and their application in the treatment of disease

by Benoît Mure

A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy

A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy

by Alexander Hughes Bennett

Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy

Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy

by Charles Barnes Towns

Die Cigarette : Ein Vademecum für Raucher

Die Cigarette : Ein Vademecum für Raucher

by Stephan Dirk

Noções botanicas das especies de Nicociana mais usadas nas fabricas de tabaco, e da sua cultura

Noções botanicas das especies de Nicociana mais usadas nas fabricas de tabaco, e da sua cultura

Applied Physiology, Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics

Applied Physiology, Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics

by Frank Overton

From Wealth to Poverty; Or, the Tricks of the Traffic. A Story of the Drink Curse

From Wealth to Poverty; Or, the Tricks of the Traffic. A Story of the Drink Curse

by Austin Potter

Mind Stealers of Pluto

Mind Stealers of Pluto

by Joseph Farrell

Essay on the effects of iodine on the human constitution With practical observation on its use in the cure of bronchocele, scrophula, and the tuberculous diseases of the chest and abdomen

Essay on the effects of iodine on the human constitution With practical observation on its use in the cure of bronchocele, scrophula, and the tuberculous diseases of the chest and abdomen

by William Gairdner

Kaffe ja Tupakki

Kaffe ja Tupakki

by Gustaf Erik Eurén

Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say

Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say

by Martha Meir Allen

The Seven Sisters of Sleep Popular History of the Seven Prevailing Narcotics of the World

The Seven Sisters of Sleep Popular History of the Seven Prevailing Narcotics of the World

by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

St Nicotine of the Peace Pipe

St Nicotine of the Peace Pipe

by Edward Vincent Heward

Study and Stimulants Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life, as Illustrated by Personal Communications on the Subject, from Men of Letters and of Science

Study and Stimulants Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life, as Illustrated by Personal Communications on the Subject, from Men of Letters and of Science

Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics

Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics

by Joel Dorman Steele

An Account of the Extraordinary Medicinal Fluid, called Aether.

An Account of the Extraordinary Medicinal Fluid, called Aether.

by Matthew Turner

Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate

Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate

by Anonymous

Epitome of the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary With Comments

Epitome of the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary With Comments

by Albion Walter Hewlett, William August Puckner, Torald Hermann Sollmann, Martin I. (Martin Inventius) Wilbert

The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation

The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation

by Carry Amelia Nation

Allopathy and Homoeopathy Before the Judgment of Common Sense!

Allopathy and Homoeopathy Before the Judgment of Common Sense!

by Frederick Hiller

Vanity, All Is Vanity: A Lecture on Tobacco and its effects

Vanity, All Is Vanity: A Lecture on Tobacco and its effects

Der Tabak: Studien über seine Kultur und Biologie

Der Tabak: Studien über seine Kultur und Biologie

by C. J. (Cornelis Johan) Koning

Handbuch der Pharmakognosie : Zweiter Band. Spezielle Pharmakognosie

Handbuch der Pharmakognosie : Zweiter Band. Spezielle Pharmakognosie

by A. (Alexander) Tschirch

Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes With Special Reference to the Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants, and Narcotics upon The Human System

Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes With Special Reference to the Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants, and Narcotics upon The Human System

by Jane Andrews

An essay on the influence of tobacco upon life and health

An essay on the influence of tobacco upon life and health

by R. D. (Reuben Dimond) Mussey

Select Temperance Tracts

Select Temperance Tracts

by American Tract Society

Pharmacologia Fourth American, from the Seventh London Edition

Pharmacologia Fourth American, from the Seventh London Edition

by John Ayrton Paris

The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, March 1885

The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, March 1885

by Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Chautauqua Institution

Drugs that enslave : The opium, morphine, chloral and hashisch habits

Drugs that enslave : The opium, morphine, chloral and hashisch habits

by H. H. (Harry Hubbell) Kane

Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle

Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle

by Anonymous

The virtues of common water : or, The advantages thereof, in preventing and curing many distempers : gathered from the writings of several eminent physicians, and also from more than forty years experience

The virtues of common water : or, The advantages thereof, in preventing and curing many distempers : gathered from the writings of several eminent physicians, and also from more than forty years experience

by John Smith

Der Aether gegen den Schmerz

Der Aether gegen den Schmerz

by Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach

Treatise on Poisons In relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic

Treatise on Poisons In relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic

by Sir Robert Christison

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by A. C. Wootton

Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

The Cause of it All

The Cause of it All

by graf Leo Tolstoy

A Dissertation on the Medical Properties and Injurious Effects of the Habitual Use of Tobacco

A Dissertation on the Medical Properties and Injurious Effects of the Habitual Use of Tobacco

by A. (Alvan) McAllister

Haschisch: Erzählungen

Haschisch: Erzählungen

by Oscar A. H. Schmitz

Parturition without Pain or Loss of Consciousness

Parturition without Pain or Loss of Consciousness

by James Townley

The New Sunday Liquor Law Vindicated

The New Sunday Liquor Law Vindicated

by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Histology of medicinal plants

Histology of medicinal plants

by William James Mansfield

Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant (Rhus Toxicodendron)

Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant (Rhus Toxicodendron)

by William Anderson Syme

The Apothecary in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Being an Account of his medical and chirurgical Services, as well as of his trade Practices as a Chymist

The Apothecary in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Being an Account of his medical and chirurgical Services, as well as of his trade Practices as a Chymist

by Thomas K. Ford

Drugging a Nation: The Story of China and the Opium Curse

Drugging a Nation: The Story of China and the Opium Curse

by Samuel Merwin

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

For John's Sake, and Other Stories.

For John's Sake, and Other Stories.

by Annie Frances Perram

Smoking and Drinking

Smoking and Drinking

by James Parton

Consumption Curable: Observations on the Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases

Consumption Curable: Observations on the Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases

by Henry Congreve

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 1 (of 2)

by A. C. Wootton

Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.

Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.

by Edward John Waring

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2

by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)

Our Knowledge Box; or, Old Secrets and New Discoveries.

Our Knowledge Box; or, Old Secrets and New Discoveries.

by Unknown

The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People

The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People

by John H. (John Hinchman) Stokes

Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects 1. On the preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba. 2. On the solvent qualities of calcined Magnesia. 3. On the variety in the solvent powers of quick-lime, when used in different quantities. 4. On various absorbents, as promoting or retarding putrefaction. 5. On the comparative antiseptic powers of vegetable infusions prepared with lime, &c. 6. On the sweetening properties of fixed air.

Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects 1. On the preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba. 2. On the solvent qualities of calcined Magnesia. 3. On the variety in the solvent powers of quick-lime, when used in different quantities. 4. On various absorbents, as promoting or retarding putrefaction. 5. On the comparative antiseptic powers of vegetable infusions prepared with lime, &c. 6. On the sweetening properties of fixed air.

by Thomas Henry

Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine

Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine

by H. Laing (Henry Laing) Gordon

Drug Plants Under Cultivation

Drug Plants Under Cultivation

by W. W. (Warner Webster) Stockberger

Tea and the effects of tea drinking

Tea and the effects of tea drinking

by W. Scott (William Scott) Tebb

On Snake-Poison: Its Action and Its Antidote

On Snake-Poison: Its Action and Its Antidote

by A. Mueller

Government by the Brewers?

Government by the Brewers?

by Adolph Keitel

A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation

A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation

by Orin Fowler

Handbuch der Pharmakognosie : Erster Band. Allgemeine Pharmakognosie

Handbuch der Pharmakognosie : Erster Band. Allgemeine Pharmakognosie

by A. (Alexander) Tschirch

The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1886

The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1886

by Various Authors

The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon

The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon

by Samuel G. (Samuel George) Blythe

The Fiddlers; Drink in the Witness Box

The Fiddlers; Drink in the Witness Box

by Arthur Mee

Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1

Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1

by R. A. (Rudolph August) Witthaus, Tracy C. (Tracy Chatfield) Becker

The Opium Monopoly

The Opium Monopoly

by Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold) La Motte