PDF Books in Popular Medicine
Doctor and Patient
by S. Weir MitchellDoctor and Patient is a collection of essays on medical professions written by S. Weir Mitchell, who was Member Of The United States National Academy Of Sciences, President Of The College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia, Physician To The Orthopædic Hospital And Infirmary For Nervous Diseases.Introduction: The essays which compose this..
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..
Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 3 (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.The histories of the yellow fever as epidemics, and of its sporadic cases, have been published in the order in which they have appeared in Philadelphia, to show the influence of the weather upo..
Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 4 (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 the fourth volume, the reader will find a retraction of the author's former opinion of the yellow fever's spreading by contagion. He begs forgiveness of the friends of science and humanity, ..