Health & Fitness

Little Masterpieces of Science

by George Iles Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
One of a series of books, "Little Masterpieces in Science" edited by George Iles, Health and Healing is a collection of articles w…

Strength and How to Obtain It

by Eugen Sandow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

The Natural History of Chocolate

by D. De Quelus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…

Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza

by Francis Edward Tourscher Read by David Wales 4.6
In 1918 over 2,000 Roman Catholic nuns left their convents in the Philadelphia area to nurse the sick and dying of the influenza epidemic. …

No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet

by Rupert H. Wheldon Read by Ben Adams 4.4
>Though little is known about its author, this is considered the first vegan cookbook ever written. At the time of its composition, the V…

Infection and Immunity

by George M. Sternberg Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.8
Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…

A Mind That Found Itself

by Clifford Whittingham Beers Read by Skip Corris 5
At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienc…

What to Eat and When

by Susanna Cocroft Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
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…

Married Love

by Marie Stopes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"Married Love" is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, an…

Bacteria in Daily Life

by Grace Coleridge Frankland Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.5
The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progres…

How to Eat

by Thomas Clark Hinkle Read by Rapunzelina 4.6
A regime on how to keep a healthy mind in a healthy body, consisting of a yogic way of eating, fresh air and light exercise. - Summary by Ra…

Studies in the Psychology of Sex

by Havelock Ellis Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Volume 3: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and PainIn the study of Love and Pain I have discussed the sources of those aberrations which…

The Uses of Water in Health and Disease

by John Harvey Kellogg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A practical guide in the use of hydrotherapy for the treatment of disease and the promotion of health. - Summary by Brian Wilson

Food Guide for War Service at Home

by Katherine Blunt Read by Maria Kasper 4.3
"The long war has brought hunger to Europe; some of her peoples stand constantly face to face with starvation. To meet all this great f…

Pleasure Cycling

by Henry Clyde Read by TriciaG 4.7
"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful inform…

The Logic of Vegetarianism

by Henry Salt Read by Lee Smalley 4.7
With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his ar…

The Mystery of Pain

by James Hinton Read by Ethan D. Gilkey 4.5
This book is addressed to the sorrowful, ... to whom their own or others' pain is a daily burden, upon whose hearts it weighs with an intole…

Apis Mellifica

by C. W. Wolf Read by Marie Daum 5
Apis Mellifica explores the therapeutic potential of Apis Mellifica, a homeopathic remedy derived from the venom of honey bees. In this insi…

Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking

by William Scott Tebb Read by VO Gal 3.7
William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the mak…

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls

by Ernest A. Bell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …

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