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The Home Medical Library, Volume 1 (of 6)
by Kenelm WinslowMedicine, as the art of preserving and restoring health, is the rightful office of the great army of earnest and qualified American physicians. But their utmost sincerity and science are hampered by trying restrictions with three great classes of people: those on whom the family physician cannot call every day; those on whom he cannot call in time;..
The Home Medical Library, Volume 2 (of 6)
by Kenelm WinslowIt is the widely accepted modern medicine, and no school or "system," that is reflected here. While medicine, as a science, is far from being perfect, partly because of faulty traditions and misinterpreted experience, yet the aim of the modern school is to base practice on facts. For example, for many years physicians were aware that quinine cured ..
The Home Medical Library, Volume 5 (of 6)
by Kenelm WinslowThe Home Medical Library is a six volume medical book written by Kenelm Winslow, formerly Assistant Professor Comparative Therapeutics, Harvard University. The character and scope of this volume 5 render it a most useful book for the home maker. The question of sanitation is one that closely affects the life of each individual, and m..
Curiosities of Medical Experience
by J. G. MillingenCuriosities of Medical Experience is a work on medical practice written by British army surgeon John Gideon Millingen, whose popular heraldry wok "The History of Duelling".Author's Introduction:The great success and correspondent utility of D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature,” have induced me to add to the ample harvest of that ingenious writer..
Medical Essays, 1842-1882
by Oliver Wendell HolmesMedical Essays is a collection of short works on Medical literary works written by American Physician and Poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, whose prose work "Breakfast-Table" series is one of the popular works on Medical literature.Author's Preface:Homoeopathy has proved lucrative, and so long as it continues to be so will surely exist,—a..
Essays In Pastoral Medicine
by Austin O'MalleyEssays In Pastoral Medicine is a non-fiction work in internal medicine co-authored by Austin O'Malley, M.D. , an ophthalmologist and James Joseph Walsh, M.D., and American physician.The term Pastoral Medicine is somewhat difficult to define because it comprises unrelated material ranging from disinfection to foeticide. It presents that part of..
Man's Redemption of Man - A Lay Sermon
by William OslerMan's Redemption of Man: A Lay Sermon is a medical address to students by Sir William Osler, a Canadian physician, one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the first to bring medical students out of lecture hall for medical training. His other works include "The progress of the Century", "The Evolution of modern Medici..
Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 1 (of 4)
by Benjamin RushMedical Inquiries and Observations is a four volume book internal medicine written by American physician and founder of Dickinson College, Dr. Benjamin Rush.In this second edition of the following Medical Inquiries and Observations, the reader will perceive many additions, some omissions, and a few alterations. A number of facts have been added to ..