Medical
12 books
Medical
409
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
Medical
414
William Marcet - On chronic alcoholic intoxication : with an inquiry into the influence of the abuse of alcohol as a predisposing cause of disease
Physician William Marcet treated numerous cases of acute alcoholism (delirium tremens) and chronic alcoholism. He suggests gastrointestinal disease, gout and rheumatism are diseases associated with chronic alcoholism...
4 hours 20 minutes
War & Military
435
Frederick Law Olmsted - Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862
In the American Civil War, The United States Sanitary Commission, staffed by volunteers, may be viewed as a precursor to The Red Cross. It supplemented the medical care of the armed services medical corps. Its...
3 hours 48 minutes
Health & Fitness
522
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Guide to Health
Mahatma Gandhi, known today as a fascinating political leader and pacifist, also considered himself «something of an authority on matters of Health and Disease as well. Very few of us perhaps are aware that he is the...
3 hours 27 minutes
Medical
533
Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments - Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and radioactive contamination on the human body. Most of these tests were...
37 hours 51 minutes
War & Military
469
Henry Stanley Banks - War Surgery - From Firing Line to Base
One of the first volumes dedicated to systematized medical treatment of soldiers in modern warfare, including a chapter on specific care for airmen, by British doctors who served on the front lines of WWI. Graphic...
24 hours 27 minutes
Medical
501
George Iles - Little Masterpieces of Science - Health and Healing
One of a series of books, «Little Masterpieces in Science» edited by George Iles, Health and Healing is a collection of articles written by prominent physicians and scientists describing key advances in medicine...
4 hours 39 minutes
