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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.

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Healthful Sports for Young Ladies

Healthful Sports for Young Ladies

by Mademoiselle St. Sernin

The pathology of influenza

The pathology of influenza

by M. C. (Milton C.) Winternitz, Frank P. McNamara, Isabel M. Wason

Debate on birth control. Margaret Sanger and Winter Russell

Debate on birth control. Margaret Sanger and Winter Russell

by Margaret Sanger, Winter Russell

The Delinquent (Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1914)

The Delinquent (Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1914)

by Various Authors

Case of Filaria loa

Case of Filaria loa

by Douglas Argyll Robertson

Reprint of Two Tracts 1. An essay on gleets. 2. An enquiry into the nature, cause, and cure of a singular disease of the eyes

Reprint of Two Tracts 1. An essay on gleets. 2. An enquiry into the nature, cause, and cure of a singular disease of the eyes

by Jean Paul Marat

A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis

A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis

by James Campbell Todd

The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity Considered from the Standpoint of Development and Comparative Anatomy

The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity Considered from the Standpoint of Development and Comparative Anatomy

by George S. (George Sumner) Huntington

The Works of William Harvey M.D. Translated from the Latin with a life of the author

The Works of William Harvey M.D. Translated from the Latin with a life of the author

by William Harvey

Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population

Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population

by George B. Louis (George Byron Louis) Arner

Suicide: Its History, Literature, Jurisprudence, Causation, and Prevention

Suicide: Its History, Literature, Jurisprudence, Causation, and Prevention

by W. Wynn (William Wynn) Westcott

The Origin and Nature of the Emotions; Miscellaneous Papers

The Origin and Nature of the Emotions; Miscellaneous Papers

by George Washington Crile

Chlorination of Water

Chlorination of Water

by Joseph Race

The Voice: Its Production, Care and Preservation

The Voice: Its Production, Care and Preservation

by Frank E. (Frank Ebenezer) Miller

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part II. For the year 1758. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part II. For the year 1758. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

by Various Authors, Royal Society (Great Britain)

Stammering, its cause and cure

Stammering, its cause and cure

by Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue

The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900

The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900

by Various Authors

The Dwelling House

The Dwelling House

by George Vivian Poore

Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart

Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart

by John Collins Warren

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

by Various Authors

Studies on Epidemic Influenza: Comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations

Studies on Epidemic Influenza: Comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations

by University of Pittsburgh. School of Medicine

Introduction to Anatomy, 1532 With English translation and an introductory essay on anatomical studies in Tudor England by C.D. O'Malley and K.F. Russell.

Introduction to Anatomy, 1532 With English translation and an introductory essay on anatomical studies in Tudor England by C.D. O'Malley and K.F. Russell.

by David Edguard

Veterinary Medicines, Their Actions, Uses and Dose

Veterinary Medicines, Their Actions, Uses and Dose

by George Franklyn Korinek

The deformities of the fingers and toes

The deformities of the fingers and toes

by William Anderson

The White Spark A New Book, Giving Out a New Philosophy and the Mysteries of the Universe. The Handbook of the Millennium and the New Dispensation

The White Spark A New Book, Giving Out a New Philosophy and the Mysteries of the Universe. The Handbook of the Millennium and the New Dispensation

by Orville Livingston Leach

On harelip and cleft palate

On harelip and cleft palate

by William Rose

Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention

Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention

by R. C. (Ralph Coffin) Richards

Use of the Dead to the Living

Use of the Dead to the Living

by Southwood Smith

On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females

On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females

by Isaac Baker Brown

An Essay on the Incubus, or Night-mare

An Essay on the Incubus, or Night-mare

by M.D. John Bond

Landmarks Medical and Surgical

Landmarks Medical and Surgical

by Luther Holden, James Shuter

Poisonous Snakes of Kansas

Poisonous Snakes of Kansas

by Robert F. (Robert Francis) Clarke

The Sanitary Condition of the Poor in Relation to Disease, Poverty, and Crime With an appendix on the control and prevention of infectious diseases

The Sanitary Condition of the Poor in Relation to Disease, Poverty, and Crime With an appendix on the control and prevention of infectious diseases

by Benson Baker

The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 4, February 1886

The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 4, February 1886

by Various Authors

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 8, Vol. I, February 23, 1884

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 8, Vol. I, February 23, 1884

by Various Authors

The bedbug : Its relation to public health, its habits and life history, and methods of control

The bedbug : Its relation to public health, its habits and life history, and methods of control

by United States. Public Health Service

Die organische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Physiologie und Pathologie

Die organische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Physiologie und Pathologie

by Freiherr von Justus Liebig

The Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, during the year 1874

The Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, during the year 1874

by T. Orme (Thomas Orme) Dudfield

The life of Pasteur

The life of Pasteur

by René Vallery-Radot

Physiological Researches on Life and Death

Physiological Researches on Life and Death

by Xavier Bichat

Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning

by Edwin O. (Edwin Oakes) Jordan

Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881

Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881

by Various Authors

Poison-ivy, poison-oak and poison sumac : Identification, precautions, eradication

Poison-ivy, poison-oak and poison sumac : Identification, precautions, eradication

by D. M. (Donald Mundell) Crooks, L. W. (Leonard Wheeler) Kephart

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

by Various Authors, Royal Society (Great Britain)

Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891

Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891

by Various Authors

Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate.

Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate.

by G. J. (George James) Guthrie

Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883

Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883

by Various Authors

Knox Eat and Reduce Plan; Including Choice-of-Foods Chart

Knox Eat and Reduce Plan; Including Choice-of-Foods Chart

by Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co.

Dimasalang Kalendariong Tagalog (1920)

Dimasalang Kalendariong Tagalog (1920)

by Honorio López

A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever With an Appendix, containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War; at Constantinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720

A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever With an Appendix, containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War; at Constantinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720

by James Tytler

ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑ; Or, the Art of Embalming; Wherein Is Shewn the Right of Burial, and Funeral Ceremonies, Especially That of Preserving Bodies After the Egyptian Method. Together With an Account of the Egyptian Mummies, Pyramids, Subterranean Vaults and Lamps, and Their Opinion of the Metempsychosis, the Cause of Their Embalming. As Also a Geographical Description of Egypt, the Rise and Course of the Nile, the Temper, Constitution and Physic of the Inhabitants, Their Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Stupendous Works and Sepulchres, and Other Curious Observations Any Ways Relating to the Physiology and Knowledge of This Art.

ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑ; Or, the Art of Embalming; Wherein Is Shewn the Right of Burial, and Funeral Ceremonies, Especially That of Preserving Bodies After the Egyptian Method. Together With an Account of the Egyptian Mummies, Pyramids, Subterranean Vaults and Lamps, and Their Opinion of the Metempsychosis, the Cause of Their Embalming. As Also a Geographical Description of Egypt, the Rise and Course of the Nile, the Temper, Constitution and Physic of the Inhabitants, Their Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Stupendous Works and Sepulchres, and Other Curious Observations Any Ways Relating to the Physiology and Knowledge of This Art.

by Thomas Greenhill

Animal Castration

Animal Castration

by Alexandre François Augustin Liautard

Municipal housecleaning : the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse

Municipal housecleaning : the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse

by William Parr Capes, Jeanne Daniels Carpenter

The Idiot: His Place in Creation, and His Claims on Society

The Idiot: His Place in Creation, and His Claims on Society

by Sir Frederick Bateman

Is it I? A book for every man.

Is it I? A book for every man.

by Horatio Robinson Storer

Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins

Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins

by Harrison Allen

The Monthly Review of Dental Surgery, No. VIII. October, 1880. Vol. I. The Journal of the British Dental Association

The Monthly Review of Dental Surgery, No. VIII. October, 1880. Vol. I. The Journal of the British Dental Association

by Various Authors

Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease

Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease

by Andrew Duncan

Large Fees and How to Get Them: A book for the private use of physicians

Large Fees and How to Get Them: A book for the private use of physicians

by Albert V. Harmon

The Indian operation of couching for cataract

The Indian operation of couching for cataract

by Robert Henry Elliot

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 682 January 20, 1877.

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 682 January 20, 1877.

by Various Authors

The Survey, Volume 30, Number 1, April 5, 1913

The Survey, Volume 30, Number 1, April 5, 1913

by Various Authors

A Treatise on Acupuncturation

A Treatise on Acupuncturation

by James Morss Churchill

Treatment of Cholera in the Royal Hospital, Haslar during the months of July and August, 1849, with remarks on the name and origin of the disease.

Treatment of Cholera in the Royal Hospital, Haslar during the months of July and August, 1849, with remarks on the name and origin of the disease.

by John (Inspector of Naval Hospitals) Wilson

Notes on Diseases of Cattle: Cause, Symptoms and Treatment

Notes on Diseases of Cattle: Cause, Symptoms and Treatment

by Charles James Korinek

The Making of a Man: Being a Description of Artificial Limbs and How They May Be Adopted by Those Who Have Suffered Loss of Their Natural Limbs

The Making of a Man: Being a Description of Artificial Limbs and How They May Be Adopted by Those Who Have Suffered Loss of Their Natural Limbs

by N.Y.) George R. Fuller Co. (Rochester

Geschichte der Neueren Deutschen Chirurgie

Geschichte der Neueren Deutschen Chirurgie

by Ernst Georg Ferdinand Küster

Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing Boys, by Encouraging a New Method of Sweeping Chimneys: Twenty-First Report, May 1, 1837

Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing Boys, by Encouraging a New Method of Sweeping Chimneys: Twenty-First Report, May 1, 1837

by Anonymous

Epidemic Respiratory Disease The pneumonias and other infections of the repiratory tract accompanying influenza and measles

Epidemic Respiratory Disease The pneumonias and other infections of the repiratory tract accompanying influenza and measles

by Eugene L. (Eugene Lindsay) Opie, Francis G. (Francis Gilman) Blake, Thomas M. (Thomas Milton) Rivers, James C. (James Craig) Small

Eläinden Tauti-Kirja

Eläinden Tauti-Kirja

by Christfrid Ganander

A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 3 : Diseases of the respiratory, circulatory, and hæmatopoietic systems

A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 3 : Diseases of the respiratory, circulatory, and hæmatopoietic systems

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2) Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2) Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

by Julius Rosenbaum

The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake

The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake

by Graham Travers

Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891

Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891

by Various Authors

North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826

North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826

by Various Authors

Medicine in the Middle Ages Extracts from "Le Moyen Age Medical" by Dr. Edmond Dupouy; translated by T. C. Minor

Medicine in the Middle Ages Extracts from "Le Moyen Age Medical" by Dr. Edmond Dupouy; translated by T. C. Minor

by Edmond Dupouy

Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene

Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene

by Thomas S. Sozinskey

Girls and Athletics Giving a brief summary of the activity, rules and method of administration of the following games in girls' schools and colleges, women's clubs, etc.: archery, basket ball, cricket, fencing, field day, field hockey, gymnastics, golf, hand ball, ice hockey, indoor base ball, rowing, soccer, skating, swimming, tennis, track athletics, volley ball, walking, water polo, water basket ball.

Girls and Athletics Giving a brief summary of the activity, rules and method of administration of the following games in girls' schools and colleges, women's clubs, etc.: archery, basket ball, cricket, fencing, field day, field hockey, gymnastics, golf, hand ball, ice hockey, indoor base ball, rowing, soccer, skating, swimming, tennis, track athletics, volley ball, walking, water polo, water basket ball.

Clinical Investigations on Squint

Clinical Investigations on Squint

by C. Schweigger

The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses

The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses

by Robert Charles Hope

The Alumni Journal of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, Vol. II, No. 2, February, 1895

The Alumni Journal of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, Vol. II, No. 2, February, 1895

by Various Authors

Which Shall Live—Men or Animals?

Which Shall Live—Men or Animals?

by Ernest Harold Baynes

An Account of the Sore Throat Attended With Ulcers A Disease Which Hath of Late Years Appeared in This City, and in Several Parts of the Nation

An Account of the Sore Throat Attended With Ulcers A Disease Which Hath of Late Years Appeared in This City, and in Several Parts of the Nation

by John Fothergill

The Book of the Fly A nature study of the house-fly and its kin, the fly plague and a cure

The Book of the Fly A nature study of the house-fly and its kin, the fly plague and a cure

by George Hurlstone Hardy

Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease

Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease

by John Grove

Igiene dei piaceri secondo le età, i temperamenti e le stagioni

Igiene dei piaceri secondo le età, i temperamenti e le stagioni

by A. (Auguste) Debay

On the mechanism of the physiological action of the cathartics

On the mechanism of the physiological action of the cathartics

by John Bruce MacCallum

Refraction and muscular imbalance, as simplified through the use of the ski-optometer

Refraction and muscular imbalance, as simplified through the use of the ski-optometer

by Daniel Woolf

The Hospital Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 3, May 15, 1909

The Hospital Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 3, May 15, 1909

by Various Authors

The Bedbug [1916]

The Bedbug [1916]

by C. L. Marlatt

Golden rules of medical evidence

Golden rules of medical evidence

by Stanley B. (Stanley Bean) Atkinson

With Grenfell on the Labrador

With Grenfell on the Labrador

by Fullerton L. (Fullerton Leonard) Waldo

Soil and Water Pollution : Presented to the American Public Health Association at New Orleans, Dec. 1880

Soil and Water Pollution : Presented to the American Public Health Association at New Orleans, Dec. 1880

by M. T. (Moses Thurston) Runnels

Termini medici in lingua fennica occurrentes Dissertatio academica

Termini medici in lingua fennica occurrentes Dissertatio academica

by Johannes Agapetus Törngren

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2) Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2) Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

by Julius Rosenbaum

A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 5 : Diseases of the nervous system

A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 5 : Diseases of the nervous system

Sexual Neuroses

Sexual Neuroses

by J. T. (James Tyler) Kent

The Flea

The Flea

by Harold Russell

Coca and Cocaine : Their history, medical and economic uses, and medicinal preparations

Coca and Cocaine : Their history, medical and economic uses, and medicinal preparations

by William Martindale

Neurosyphilis : Modern systematic diagnosis and treatment presented in one hundred and thirty-seven case histories

Neurosyphilis : Modern systematic diagnosis and treatment presented in one hundred and thirty-seven case histories

by Elmer Ernest Southard, Harry C. (Harry Caesar) Solomon