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153 public-domain health & medicine books, summarised. Page 4 of 4.
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
S. P. Sackett
A practical 1889 handbook for mothers and nurses, this volume provides systematic instructions on prenatal care, safe delivery practices, and the medical management of infants in the home.
Technic and Practice of Chiropractic
Joy Maxwell Loban
This technical manual serves as an early, foundational guide to the mechanics of chiropractic, detailing the diagnostic palpation, nerve tracing, and physical adjustment techniques developed in the early twentieth century. It bridges the gap between abstract theory and clinical application, offering a comprehensive…
In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968)
United States. Office of Civil Defense
This official civilian guide outlines practical, concrete preparations for surviving the immediate aftermath of a nuclear detonation or severe natural disaster.
Object Lessons on the Human Body: A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City
Sarah F. (Sarah Frances) Buckelew
A Victorian classroom transcript reveals how primary school children were taught to view their own anatomy through strict recitation and moral warnings.
Selected papers on hysteria and other psychoneuroses
Sigmund Freud
A young physician presses his hands against a patient’s forehead, urging forgotten scenes to surface, and uncovers a hidden architecture of repressions, forbidden desires, and buried memories shaping human distress.
Vitality Supreme
Bernarr Macfadden
Unlocking genuine bodily power requires no secret remedies, only an aggressive commitment to natural physical discipline. True personal force flows directly from robust internal health and targeted daily habits.
Aristotle's works:: Containing the Master-piece, Directions for Midwives, and Counsel and Advice to Child-bearing Women with Various Useful Remedies
pseud. Aristotle
Long before modern gynecology, generations of readers sought answers to the mysteries of human reproduction and bodily health in a single, deeply practical handguide.
Benign Stupors: A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type
August Hoch
A psychiatric pioneer examines a mysterious state of total human withdrawal, revealing how profound mental silence is not mere decay, but a temporary psychological retreat.
A Study of Association in Insanity
Grace Helen Kent
Words mirror the mind, but in illness, the mirroring shifts from common paths into deeply idiosyncratic landscapes.