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489 public-domain health & medicine books, summarised. Page 11 of 11.
Rx
Alan Edward Nourse
A desperate emergency call from an isolated, hostile world forces two galactic medics into a high-stakes gamble where science and superstition collide.
The Cholera Gazette, Vol. I. No. 5. Wednesday, August 8th, 1832
Various
Detailed dispatches and clinical records from the summer of 1832 chronicle the terrifying advance and radical medical treatments of the cholera epidemic across major Western cities.
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
Jean Paul Marat
Centuries before achieving international notoriety, a physician practicing in London published precise, highly unconventional therapies for persistent urethral discharges and an unrecognized vision disorder caused by mercurial poisoning.
The Cholera Gazette, Vol. I. No. 4. Wednesday, August 1st, 1832
Various
A haunting, clinical dispatch from the front lines of the 1832 cholera pandemic, these urgent medical reports document the frantic search for a cure amid a city paralyzed by panic and death.
Case of Filaria loa
Douglas Argyll Robertson
This clinical report documents the precise surgical extraction of a parasitic worm from the human eye, bridging the gap between historical medical observation and early tropical medicine. It provides a rare, firsthand window into the intersection of colonial mission work and the mysterious, often debilitating,…
A Lecture on the Preservation of Health
Thomas Garnett
Understanding the delicate balance between stimulation and exhaustion is the key to longevity, according to this early medical treatise on the natural laws governing human health.
The Act of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society
Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society
This foundational text codifies the legal existence and operational structure of a medical institution seeking to carve out a distinct space for homeopathic practice within nineteenth-century Massachusetts. It serves as a rigorous blueprint for professional collective identity.
An Ounce of Cure
Alan Edward Nourse
The medical establishment’s overwhelming obsession with diagnosis over relief leaves a patient searching for a cure in the most unlikely of places. It is a sharp, satirical look at the fragmentation of modern healthcare.
The Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, during the year 1874
T. Orme (Thomas Orme) Dudfield
Unregulated milk supplies, overcrowded tenements, and failing sewers collide in Victorian London as medical officers battle to save lives amid the hidden perils of an expanding metropolis.