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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.

1137 Audiobooks

Philosophy of Osteopathy

Philosophy of Osteopathy

by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still

On the edge of the primeval forest : Experiences and observations of a doctor in Equatorial Africa

On the edge of the primeval forest : Experiences and observations of a doctor in Equatorial Africa

by Albert Schweitzer

American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes

American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes

by Catharine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Galen: On the Natural Faculties

Galen: On the Natural Faculties

by Galen

Tokology : A book for every woman

Tokology : A book for every woman

by Alice B. (Alice Bunker) Stockham

The sexual question : A scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study

The sexual question : A scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study

by Auguste Forel

Florence Nightingale: A Biography

Florence Nightingale: A Biography

by Annie Matheson

The Practice of Autosuggestion

The Practice of Autosuggestion

by C. Harry (Cyrus Harry) Brooks

Owen's Moral Physiology; or, A Brief and Plain Treatise on the Population Question

Owen's Moral Physiology; or, A Brief and Plain Treatise on the Population Question

by Robert Dale Owen

McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.

by Various Authors

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses

by L. Emmett (Luther Emmett) Holt

A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners

A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners

by Joseph Bell

Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures

Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures

by Mary Baker Eddy

Hospital Sketches

Hospital Sketches

by Louisa May Alcott

Vitality Supreme

Vitality Supreme

by Bernarr Macfadden

Plague Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension, Its Menace, Its Control and Suppression, Its Diagnosis and Treatment

Plague Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension, Its Menace, Its Control and Suppression, Its Diagnosis and Treatment

by Thomas Wright Jackson

The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources

The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources

by Anonymous

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

by Florence Nightingale

Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I

Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I

by Erasmus Darwin

Alcohol and the Human Brain

Alcohol and the Human Brain

by Joseph Cook

Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene

Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene

by G. Stanley (Granville Stanley) Hall

Complete Treatise on the mare and foal at the time of delivery, with illustrations. Also on cows and calves, with stallion and mare, when diseased by Gonorrhea (clap) or Pox, also Diarrhea and Costiveness in Colts.

Complete Treatise on the mare and foal at the time of delivery, with illustrations. Also on cows and calves, with stallion and mare, when diseased by Gonorrhea (clap) or Pox, also Diarrhea and Costiveness in Colts.

by Conrad Mitchell

Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated

Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated

by Max Birnbaum

Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages

Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages

by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)

The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)

by Various Authors

Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada

Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada

by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

Voyage dans l'Aurès: Notes d'un médecin envoyé en mission chez les femmes arabes

Voyage dans l'Aurès: Notes d'un médecin envoyé en mission chez les femmes arabes

by Dorothée Chellier

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

Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre

Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre

by Rudolf Virchow

Vasárnapi Könyv. 1914. Első félév 12. füzet

Vasárnapi Könyv. 1914. Első félév 12. füzet

by Various Authors

Disease and Its Causes

Disease and Its Causes

by W. T. (William Thomas) Councilman

The old man's guide to health and longer life : With rules for diet, exercise, and physic; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one

The old man's guide to health and longer life : With rules for diet, exercise, and physic; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one

by John Hill

The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs

The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs

by Chas. A. (Charles Alfred) Tyrrell

Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria

Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria

by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

Radiant Motherhood: A Book for Those Who are Creating the Future

Radiant Motherhood: A Book for Those Who are Creating the Future

by Marie Carmichael Stopes

Neuestes Süddeutsches Kochbuch für alle Stände Eine Sammlung von mehr als achthundert in vierzigjähriger Erfahrung erprobter Rezepte der feinen und bürgerlichen Kochkunst

Neuestes Süddeutsches Kochbuch für alle Stände Eine Sammlung von mehr als achthundert in vierzigjähriger Erfahrung erprobter Rezepte der feinen und bürgerlichen Kochkunst

by Viktorine Schiller

Thoughts on General and Partial Inoculations Containing a translation of two treatises written when the author was at Petersburg, and published there, by Command of her Imperial Majesty, in the Russian Language

Thoughts on General and Partial Inoculations Containing a translation of two treatises written when the author was at Petersburg, and published there, by Command of her Imperial Majesty, in the Russian Language

by Thomas Dimsdale

Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical

Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical

by Achilles Rose

Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life

Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

by Florence Nightingale

A Surgeon in Belgium

A Surgeon in Belgium

by Henry Sessions Souttar

Suomalaisen talonpojan koti-lääkäri

Suomalaisen talonpojan koti-lääkäri

by Elias Lönnrot

New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers

New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers

Ueber die Arsenikvergiftung ihre Hülfe und gerichtliche Ausmittelung

Ueber die Arsenikvergiftung ihre Hülfe und gerichtliche Ausmittelung

by Samuel Hahnemann

De Vegetarische Keuken Kookboek van den Nederlandschen Vegetariërsbond

De Vegetarische Keuken Kookboek van den Nederlandschen Vegetariërsbond

by E. M. Valk-Heijnsdijk

Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)

Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)

by United States. Warren Commission

Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War

Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War

Ang Mahusay na Paraan nang Pag-Gamot sa manga Maysaquit

Ang Mahusay na Paraan nang Pag-Gamot sa manga Maysaquit

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

Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease

Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease

by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith

by Sinclair Lewis

A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy

A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy

by Friedrich Christian Accum

The House Fly and How to Suppress It

The House Fly and How to Suppress It

by L. O. (Leland Ossian) Howard, F. C. (Fred Corry) Bishopp

The Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague

by active 19th century A. Mitra

An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour, and some cursory observations on medical deportment : Suggested by the death of Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales: with a vindication of Her Royal Highness's physicians, Sir Richard Croft, Dr. Baillie, and Dr. Sims

An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour, and some cursory observations on medical deportment : Suggested by the death of Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales: with a vindication of Her Royal Highness's physicians, Sir Richard Croft, Dr. Baillie, and Dr. Sims

by William Cooke

Die gerichtliche Arzneikunde in ihrem Verhältnisse zur Rechtspflege, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der österreichischen Gesetzgebung. Erster Band. Zum Gebrauche für Ärzte, Wundärzte und Rechtskundige dargestellt und mit entscheidenden Thatsachen begründet

Die gerichtliche Arzneikunde in ihrem Verhältnisse zur Rechtspflege, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der österreichischen Gesetzgebung. Erster Band. Zum Gebrauche für Ärzte, Wundärzte und Rechtskundige dargestellt und mit entscheidenden Thatsachen begründet

by Franz von Ney

Erziehung und Unterricht der Blinden

Erziehung und Unterricht der Blinden

by Friedrich Zech

Dr. Grenfell's Parish: The Deep Sea Fisherman

Dr. Grenfell's Parish: The Deep Sea Fisherman

by Norman Duncan

Gerichtliche Leichen-Oeffnungen. Zweites Hundert.

Gerichtliche Leichen-Oeffnungen. Zweites Hundert.

by Johann Ludwig Casper

Normalarbetsdagen

Normalarbetsdagen

by Gustaf Fredrik Steffen

A Letter to the Right Honorable the Lord Chancellor, on the Nature and Interpretation of Unsoundness of Mind, and Imbecility of Intellect

A Letter to the Right Honorable the Lord Chancellor, on the Nature and Interpretation of Unsoundness of Mind, and Imbecility of Intellect

by John Haslam

Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society

Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society

by J. Bradford (Joseph Bradford) Cox

脾胃論

脾胃論

by Gao Li

Candy Medication

Candy Medication

by Bernard Fantus

How and When to Be Your Own Doctor

How and When to Be Your Own Doctor

by Isabel A. Moser, Steve Solomon

Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes

Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes

by J. M. Judy

Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882

Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882

by Various Authors

Kompendium der Psychiatrie für Studierende und Ärzte

Kompendium der Psychiatrie für Studierende und Ärzte

by Otto Dornblüth

An inaugural dissertation on pulmonary consumption

An inaugural dissertation on pulmonary consumption

by Edward Delafield

Zwei offene Briefe an Dr. J. Spaeth, Professor der Geburtshilfe an der k. k. Josefs-Akademie in Wien, und an Hofrath Dr. F. W. Scanzoni, Professor der Geburtshilfe zu Würzburg

Zwei offene Briefe an Dr. J. Spaeth, Professor der Geburtshilfe an der k. k. Josefs-Akademie in Wien, und an Hofrath Dr. F. W. Scanzoni, Professor der Geburtshilfe zu Würzburg

by Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis

Habitações Operarias

Habitações Operarias

by Teixeira Bastos

La "noire idole": Étude sur la Morphinomanie

La "noire idole": Étude sur la Morphinomanie

by Laurent Tailhade

Surgical Anatomy

Surgical Anatomy

by Joseph Maclise

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers

by Joseph C. (Joseph Chrisman) Hutchison

Nova analysis aquarum Medeviensium

Nova analysis aquarum Medeviensium

by friherre Jöns Jakob Berzelius

The Book of Household Management

The Book of Household Management

by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes

No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes

by Rupert H. Wheldon

The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act

The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act

by James Blake Bailey

Ueber die Wirkung des Nordsee-Bades: Eine physiologisch-chemische Untersuchung

Ueber die Wirkung des Nordsee-Bades: Eine physiologisch-chemische Untersuchung

by F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm) Beneke

The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 2 of 2)

The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 2 of 2)

by William E. (William Eleazar) Barton

Della peste e della pubblica amministrazione sanitaria

Della peste e della pubblica amministrazione sanitaria

by A. A. (Angelo Antonio) Frari

The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken

The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken

by Philip E. Muskett

What a Young Woman Ought to Know

What a Young Woman Ought to Know

by Mary Wood-Allen

Physician and patient : or, a practical view of the mutual duties, relations and interests of the medical profession and the community

Physician and patient : or, a practical view of the mutual duties, relations and interests of the medical profession and the community

by Worthington Hooker

A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet

A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet

by Sidney Hartnoll Beard

De Graecorum Medicis Publicis

De Graecorum Medicis Publicis

by Rudolf Pohl

Satyrische Abhandlung von den Krankheiten der Frauenspersonen, welche sie sich durch ihren Putz und Anzug zuziehen

Satyrische Abhandlung von den Krankheiten der Frauenspersonen, welche sie sich durch ihren Putz und Anzug zuziehen

by Christian Tobias Ephraim Reinhard

The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2

The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2

by Sir Edward Tyas Cook

Sex: Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English

Sex: Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English

by Henry Stanton

Food Adulteration and Its Detection With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendix

Food Adulteration and Its Detection With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendix

by Jesse P. (Jesse Park) Battershall

Food and Health

Food and Health

by Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company

Doctor and Patient

Doctor and Patient

by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

Diet and Health; With Key to the Calories

Diet and Health; With Key to the Calories

by Lulu Hunt Peters

Midwifery and the diseases of women : A descriptive and practical work showing the superiority of water-treatment in menstruation and its disorders, chlorosis, leucorrhea, fluor albus, prolapsus uteri, hysteria, spinal diseases, and other weaknesses of females, in pregnancy and its diseases, abortion, uterine hemorrhage, and the general management of childbirth, nursing, etc., etc.

Midwifery and the diseases of women : A descriptive and practical work showing the superiority of water-treatment in menstruation and its disorders, chlorosis, leucorrhea, fluor albus, prolapsus uteri, hysteria, spinal diseases, and other weaknesses of females, in pregnancy and its diseases, abortion, uterine hemorrhage, and the general management of childbirth, nursing, etc., etc.

by Joel Shew

The Secret of Life, Death and Immortality A startling proposition, with a chapter devoted to mental therapeutics and instructions for self healing

The Secret of Life, Death and Immortality A startling proposition, with a chapter devoted to mental therapeutics and instructions for self healing

by Henry Fleetwood

Lehrbuch der Toxikologie für Tierärzte

Lehrbuch der Toxikologie für Tierärzte

by Eugen Fröhner

Herself: Talks with Women Concerning Themselves

Herself: Talks with Women Concerning Themselves

by E. B. (Edith Belle) Lowry

The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

by W. Grant (William Grant) Hague

Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married

Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married

by Robert B. Armitage

A Study of Association in Insanity

A Study of Association in Insanity

by Grace Helen Kent, A. J. (Aaron Joshua) Rosanoff

Valere aude (dare to be healthy) : or, The light of physical regeneration

Valere aude (dare to be healthy) : or, The light of physical regeneration

by Louis Dechmann