Medical
12 books
Medical
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Frederick Treves - Elephant Man and other reminiscences
In 1884, Professor Treves saw Joseph Merrick (known as the «Elephant Man») in a shop across the road from the London Hospital. Being also a teacher at the University, he brought Merrick to the London Hospital as a...
5 hours 4 minutes
Health & Fitness
1.5K
Thomas Southwood Smith - Use Of The Dead To The Living
In 1827 Thomas Southwood-Smith published The Use of the Dead to the Living, a pamphlet which argued that the current system of burial in the United Kingdom was a wasteful use of bodies that could otherwise be used for...
2 hours 2 minutes
Animals
1K
Stephen Coleridge - Great Testimony against Scientific Cruelty
Vivisection is a pejorative term used by opponents of the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of physiological or pathological research. While opposition to the use of living animals for...
1 hour 38 minutes
Medical
1.1K
William Ruschenberger - Elements of Anatomy and Physiology
The Elements of Anatomy and Physiology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1852 presents an introduction to the...
4 hours 7 minutes
Medical
934
George Vivian Poore - London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View
This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with medical issues, mainly through the lives and careers of physicians. Though...
4 hours 18 minutes
Health & Fitness
1.1K
D. de Quelus - Natural History of Chocolate
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Virtues of its Fruit. Wherein the Errors of...
2 hours 4 minutes
