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…

How to Eat: A Cure for "Nerves"

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Thomas Clark Hinkle

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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 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 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…

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