Medical
The Law and Medical Men
The idea that in the library of nearly every practitioner in the professions of both Physic and Law there has been …
Sleeping Sickness
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) famously said, "In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind." Pasteur brought to t…
An Inaugural Dissertation on Pulmonary Consumption
At a time when diseases termed "consumption" were among the leading cause of death in the county, physicians such as Edward Delafi…
Safeguarding children
Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research is the response from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethica…
The Flexner Report
The Flexner Report is a book-length review and investigation into medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flex…
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy
Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the anc…
Über die Dummheit
In seinem Werk aus dem Jahr 1909 behandelt der Autor umfassend das Phänomen der menschlichen Dummheit - wohlgemerkt zu einer Zeit, in d…
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae
This collection of three publications details Edward Jenner's investigations into the connection between smallpox and coxpox, and the creati…
An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind
Written when the United States extended only to the Mississippi River, by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this short …
Sex
Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although conservative and moralistic) gu…
Encore Theatre
Encore Theatre is perhaps one of those overlooked dramatic anthologies that deserve a deal more attention than they have generally achieved.…
Recuerdos de mi vida
De "paciencia rayana en la obstinación para el adueñamiento de los métodos histológicos; destreza y ma&ntil…
La América Vindicada de la Calumnia
Estudio científico sobre el origen del gálico (enfermedad venérea), su origen, y la vindicación de Améric…
Makers of Modern Medicine
The present volume is published at the solicitation of many friends who have read the articles contained in it as they appeared at various t…
Genomic Medicine
This course reviews the key genomic technologies and computational approaches that are driving advances in prognostics, diagnostics, and tre…