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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

Observations on the Causes, Symptoms, and Nature of Scrofula or King's Evil, Scurvy, and Cancer With Cases Illustrative of a Peculiar Mode of Treatment

Observations on the Causes, Symptoms, and Nature of Scrofula or King's Evil, Scurvy, and Cancer With Cases Illustrative of a Peculiar Mode of Treatment

by John Kent

The maternal management of children, in health and disease

The maternal management of children, in health and disease

by Thomas Bull

A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy

A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy

by Alexander Hughes Bennett

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 5

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 5

by Eugene Christian

Practical Methods of Sewage Disposal for Residences, Hotels and Institutions

Practical Methods of Sewage Disposal for Residences, Hotels and Institutions

by Henry N. (Henry Neely) Ogden, H. Burdett (Henry Burdett) Cleveland

Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 1 (of 2)

Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 1 (of 2)

by Lucius Duncan Bulkley

Doctors An Address delivered to the Students of the Medical School of the Middlesex Hospital, 1st October, 1908

Doctors An Address delivered to the Students of the Medical School of the Middlesex Hospital, 1st October, 1908

by Rudyard Kipling

Buxton and its Medicinal Waters

Buxton and its Medicinal Waters

by Robert Ottiwell Gifford-Bennet

The art of preserving health: A poem

The art of preserving health: A poem

by John Armstrong

Woman Her Sex and Love Life

Woman Her Sex and Love Life

by William J. (William Josephus) Robinson

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 History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 (of 2) From A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague

A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 (of 2) From A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague

by Charles Creighton

Why Worry?

Why Worry?

by George Lincoln Walton

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

Foods and Their Adulteration Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food Products; Description of Common Adulterations, Food Standards, and National Food Laws and Regulations

Foods and Their Adulteration Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food Products; Description of Common Adulterations, Food Standards, and National Food Laws and Regulations

by Harvey Washington Wiley

The sex side of life : an explanation for young people

The sex side of life : an explanation for young people

by Mary Ware Dennett

Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public

Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public

by William Banting

A Guide to Health

A Guide to Health

by Mahatma Gandhi

The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors

The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors

by Bernard Shaw

Obstetrical Nursing A Text-Book on the Nursing Care of the Expectant Mother, the Woman in Labor, the Young Mother and Her Baby

Obstetrical Nursing A Text-Book on the Nursing Care of the Expectant Mother, the Woman in Labor, the Young Mother and Her Baby

by Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom

Treatise on the Diseases of Women

Treatise on the Diseases of Women

by Lydia Estes Pinkham

Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885

Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885

by Various Authors

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery

by Chevalier Jackson

The physiology of digestion considered with relation to the principles of dietetics

The physiology of digestion considered with relation to the principles of dietetics

by Andrew Combe

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 2

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 2

by Eugene Christian

The Physical Training of Children

The Physical Training of Children

by Pye Henry Chavasse

Clara A. Swain, M.D.

Clara A. Swain, M.D.

by Mrs. Robert Hoskins

La lutte pour la santé: essai de pathologie générale

La lutte pour la santé: essai de pathologie générale

by Charles Burlureaux

Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease

Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease

by Thomas Garnett

The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems

The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Les causeries du docteur

Les causeries du docteur

by Désiré Joseph Joulin

Overweight and Underweight

Overweight and Underweight

by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Dolæus upon the cure of the gout by milk-diet To which is prefixed, an essay upon diet

Dolæus upon the cure of the gout by milk-diet To which is prefixed, an essay upon diet

by Johann Doläus, William Stephens

Why not? A book for every woman

Why not? A book for every woman

by Horatio Robinson Storer

The Æsculapian Labyrinth Explored; Or, Medical Mystery Illustrated

The Æsculapian Labyrinth Explored; Or, Medical Mystery Illustrated

by William Taplin

Avis au peuple sur sa santé ou traité des maladies les plus fréquentes

Avis au peuple sur sa santé ou traité des maladies les plus fréquentes

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

An Enquiry Into the Origin and Intimate Nature of Malaria

An Enquiry Into the Origin and Intimate Nature of Malaria

by active 1795-1858 Thomas Wilson

Turkish and Other Baths: A Guide to Good Health and Longevity

Turkish and Other Baths: A Guide to Good Health and Longevity

by Gordon Stables

The Philosophy of Health; Volume 2 (of 2) or, an exposition of the physical and mental constitution of man

The Philosophy of Health; Volume 2 (of 2) or, an exposition of the physical and mental constitution of man

by Southwood Smith

Dissertatio inauguralis physico-medica de respiratione quam consensu & auctoritate gratiosissimi medicorum ordinis in universitate patria pro summis in arte medica honoribus & privilegiis doctoralibus rite consequendis....

Dissertatio inauguralis physico-medica de respiratione quam consensu & auctoritate gratiosissimi medicorum ordinis in universitate patria pro summis in arte medica honoribus & privilegiis doctoralibus rite consequendis....

by Daniel Bernoulli

Versuch über die physische Erziehung der Kinder

Versuch über die physische Erziehung der Kinder

by Ferdinand Wurzer

Water pollution—Wells

Water pollution—Wells

by Irving A. (Irving Allison) Watson

Bad Drains; and How to Test Them With notes on the ventilation of sewers, drains, and sanitary fittings, and the origin and transmission of zymotic disease

Bad Drains; and How to Test Them With notes on the ventilation of sewers, drains, and sanitary fittings, and the origin and transmission of zymotic disease

by R. Harris Reeves

Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

by George Henry Makins

The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines

The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines

by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Herbal simples approved for modern uses of cure

Herbal simples approved for modern uses of cure

by William Thomas Fernie

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand

by Ray Vaughn Pierce

A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication

A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication

by Daniel Clark

Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics

Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics

by B. G. (Benjamin Grant) Jefferis, J. L. (James Lawrence) Nichols

The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 2 (of 3) : translated from the Greek: with a commentary embracing a complete view of the knowledge possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on all subjects connected with medicine and surgery

The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 2 (of 3) : translated from the Greek: with a commentary embracing a complete view of the knowledge possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on all subjects connected with medicine and surgery

by Aegineta Paulus

Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles

Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles

by Daniel Hack Tuke

The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

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

Scurvy, Past and Present

Scurvy, Past and Present

by Alfred F. Hess

Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc.

Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc.

by Civiale Remedial Agency

The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine

The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine

by Frederick Hollick

Epidemics Resulting from Wars

Epidemics Resulting from Wars

by Friedrich Prinzing

The A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition

The A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition

by Horace Fletcher

The Book of Nature Containing information for young people who think of getting married, on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing: also, rules for management during labor and child-birth

The Book of Nature Containing information for young people who think of getting married, on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing: also, rules for management during labor and child-birth

by active 1875-1876 James Ashton

Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper Containing Five Hundred Receipes for Economical and Healthful Cooking; also, Many Directions for Securing Health and Happiness

Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper Containing Five Hundred Receipes for Economical and Healthful Cooking; also, Many Directions for Securing Health and Happiness

by Catharine Esther Beecher

The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc.

The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc.

Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.

Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.

by S. P. Sackett

Horrors of vaccination exposed and illustrated Petition to the President to abolish compulsory vaccination in Army and Navy

Horrors of vaccination exposed and illustrated Petition to the President to abolish compulsory vaccination in Army and Navy

by Chas. M. (Charles Michael) Higgins

Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882

Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882

by Various Authors

Hypochondriasis: A Practical Treatise (1766)

Hypochondriasis: A Practical Treatise (1766)

by John Hill

The Story of Germ Life

The Story of Germ Life

by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn

Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New Hygiene

Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New Hygiene

by Upton Sinclair, Michael Williams

The Natural Food of Man Being an attempt to prove from comparative anatomy, physiology, chemistry and hygiene, that the original, best and natural diet of man is fruit and nuts

The Natural Food of Man Being an attempt to prove from comparative anatomy, physiology, chemistry and hygiene, that the original, best and natural diet of man is fruit and nuts

by Hereward Carrington

Dr. Elsie Inglis

Dr. Elsie Inglis

by Lady Frances Balfour

Farm Boys and Girls

Farm Boys and Girls

by William A. (William Arch) McKeever

Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure

Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure

by Elijah Whitney, A. B. Whitney

Cremation of the Dead: Its History and Bearings Upon Public Health

Cremation of the Dead: Its History and Bearings Upon Public Health

by William Eassie

Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them

Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them

by Charles David Musgrove

Hospital transports : A memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862

Hospital transports : A memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862

by Frederick Law Olmsted

Sewage Disposal on the Farm, and Protection of Drinking Water

Sewage Disposal on the Farm, and Protection of Drinking Water

by Theobald Smith

Life in a tub; with a description of the Turkish bath

Life in a tub; with a description of the Turkish bath

by Diogenes [pseudonym]

Dutch Methods of Birth Control

Dutch Methods of Birth Control

by Margaret Sanger

Mesmer e il magnetismo La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero

Mesmer e il magnetismo La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero

by A. (Angelo) Mosso

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

North Carolina Medical Journal. Vol. 3. No. 4. April, 1879

North Carolina Medical Journal. Vol. 3. No. 4. April, 1879

by Various Authors

A vénülés elhárítása és az élet meghosszabbítása Célszerű életmóddal és gyógyeszközökkel

A vénülés elhárítása és az élet meghosszabbítása Célszerű életmóddal és gyógyeszközökkel

by Arnold Lorand

Renlighet och frisk luft

Renlighet och frisk luft

by Hjalmar Öhrvall

The Task of Social Hygiene

The Task of Social Hygiene

by Havelock Ellis

The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic.

The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic.

by Nicholas Culpeper

Intestinal ills : Chronic constipation, indigestion, autogenetic poisons, diarrhea, piles, etc. Also auto-infection, auto-intoxication, anemia, emaciation, etc. due to proctitis and colitis

Intestinal ills : Chronic constipation, indigestion, autogenetic poisons, diarrhea, piles, etc. Also auto-infection, auto-intoxication, anemia, emaciation, etc. due to proctitis and colitis

by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison

The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

by the Elder Pliny

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

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

by W. Grant (William Grant) Hague

Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth

Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth

by Henry Lovejoy Ambler

How to Get Strong and How to Stay So

How to Get Strong and How to Stay So

by William Blaikie

The Mother and Her Child

The Mother and Her Child

by William S. (William Samuel) Sadler, Lena K. (Lena Kellogg) Sadler

Shell-shock and other neuropsychiatric problems : Presented in five hundred and eighty-nine case histories from the war literature, 1914-1918

Shell-shock and other neuropsychiatric problems : Presented in five hundred and eighty-nine case histories from the war literature, 1914-1918

by Elmer Ernest Southard

The Story of a Great Delusion in a Series of Matter-of-Fact Chapters

The Story of a Great Delusion in a Series of Matter-of-Fact Chapters

by William White

Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

by Florence Nightingale

Physiology: The Science of the Body

Physiology: The Science of the Body

by Ernest G. Martin

Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health

Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health

by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

An anatomical disquisition on the motion of the heart & blood in animals

An anatomical disquisition on the motion of the heart & blood in animals

by William Harvey

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

The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine

The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine

by Various Authors

Essays In Pastoral Medicine

Essays In Pastoral Medicine

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

Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

by Wm. K. (William King) David

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

by John Victor Lacroix