Health & Fitness

A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used…

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Richard Mead


This is a work written about the plague in France and how to prevent its spread. It is considered an important historical work for the unde…

Music in Medicine

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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…

The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness

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Florence Hartley


A COMPLETE HAND BOOK FOR THE USE OF THE LADY IN POLITE SOCIETY. CONTAINING FULL DIRECTIONS FOR CORRECT MANNERS, DRESS, DEPORTMENT, AND CONVE…

The Breath of Life

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George Catlin


George Catlin was an American artist who lived among the Plains Indians, during the 1830s, capturing their way of life in his art. During hi…

What to Eat and When

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Susanna Cocroft


What is the purpose of food? How can it be utilized best to maintain health, aid recovery from illness and raise robust children, while bein…

The New Science of Controlled Breathing, Vol. 1 and 2

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Edward Lankow


Instructions on the health benefits of consciously controlled breathing, by famous opera singer, Edward Lankow.

Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks

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May Farinholt Jones


"The child's mind dwells constantly in the realm of imagination; dry facts are too prosaic to enter this realm. The "Land of Story…

Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking

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William Scott Tebb


William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the mak…

The Mesmeric Guide, for Family Use

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S. D. Saunders


Aimed at "those who judge of a Science by its practical utility and think that one minute spent in applying it to the benefit of mankin…

The Golden Rule Cook Book: Six Hundred Recipes for Meatless Dishes

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M. R. L. Sharpe


M. R. L. Sharpe, (Maud Russell Lorraine Carpenter) was Boston socialite and activist for animal rights and vegetarianism. These ethical co…

The Uses of Water in Health and Disease

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John Harvey Kellogg


A practical guide in the use of hydrotherapy for the treatment of disease and the promotion of health. - Summary by Brian Wilson

Über die Dummheit

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Leopold Loewenfeld


In seinem Werk aus dem Jahr 1909 behandelt der Autor umfassend das Phänomen der menschlichen Dummheit - wohlgemerkt zu einer Zeit, in d…

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