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Generation of Animals

Read by Geoffrey Edwards


Aristotle


Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium) Bo…

On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp

Read by Peter Yearsley


William Brooke O'Shaughnessy


The author investigated the uses of cannabis resin as an anticonvulsant and relaxant in cases of tetanus, cholera, and infantile convulsions…

The Natural History Volume 6

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Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Infection and Immunity

Read by J. M. Smallheer


George M. Sternberg


Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…

Music in Medicine

Read by James R. Hedrick


Sidney Licht


In spite of a spirited rebirth of the movement towards the establishment of a system of healing based on music, there are many valuable uses…

An Alabama Student And Other Biographical Essays

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Sir William Osler


Here are thirteen biographical sketches of physicians penned by one of the founders of modern medicine, William Osler, published in 1908. &…

Great Testimony against Scientific Cruelty

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Stephen Coleridge


Vivisection is a pejorative term used by opponents of the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of physiological…

Religion and Health

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James Joseph Walsh


In the introductory chapter and the one following we find the strong presentation of his thesis on the everlasting reality of religion. The …

Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome

Read by Leon Harvey


William Henry Samuel Jones


This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…

Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy

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James Moores Ball


Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the anc…

Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and 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 ra…

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