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Health & Medicine

Step into a world where science, suffering, and hard-won wisdom collide—where physicians battle mysterious illnesses, reformers argue over public health, and hospitals reveal both heroism and heartbreak. This bookshelf ranges from practical guides and forgotten remedies to vivid sketches of medical life, tracing humanity’s long quest to understand the body, prevent disease, and care for one another. Equal parts clinic, casebook, and social history, it offers a fascinating look at medicine when every diagnosis felt like a frontier.

58 Audiobooks

Medical Essays, 1842-1882

Medical Essays, 1842-1882

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Hospital Sketches

Hospital Sketches

by Louisa May Alcott

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould, Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Curiosities of Medical Experience

Curiosities of Medical Experience

by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health

Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health

by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

How and When to Be Your Own Doctor

How and When to Be Your Own Doctor

by Isabel A. Moser, Steve Solomon

The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

by J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District

Essays In Pastoral Medicine

Essays In Pastoral Medicine

by Austin O'Malley, James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Stammering, its cause and cure

Stammering, its cause and cure

by Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue

"Speaking of Operations--"

"Speaking of Operations--"

by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

Nerves and Common Sense

Nerves and Common Sense

by Annie Payson Call

Hospital Sketches

Hospital Sketches

by Robert Swain Peabody

Power Through Repose

Power Through Repose

by Annie Payson Call

As a Matter of Course

As a Matter of Course

by Annie Payson Call

Quacks and Grafters

Quacks and Grafters

by Anonymous

Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention

Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention

by R. C. (Ralph Coffin) Richards

Contagious Abortion of Cows

Contagious Abortion of Cows

by Ward J. MacNeal

The Opium Habit

by Horace B. Day

The Vitamine Manual

by Walter Hollis Eddy

The Story of Germ Life

The Story of Germ Life

by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn