Medical
12 books
Medical
573
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
550
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
522
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
545
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
497
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
War & Military
540
Leslie Buswell - With The American Ambulance Field Service In France; Personal Letters Of A Driver At The Front
This 1915 publication collects letters written by a driver for the American ambulance service. The incidents they relate occurred before the entrance of the United States into World War I as a combatant. “These...
2 hours 33 minutes
Health & Fitness
534
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
Medical
410
Edward Jenner - An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae
This collection of three publications details Edward Jenner's investigations into the connection between smallpox and coxpox, and the creation of the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. — Summary by Jordan
3 hours 35 minutes
