Health & Fitness
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The Major Symptoms of Hysteria
In this series of lectures delivered in English by the author while visiting the USA, Janet summarises the (at the time) cutting edge perspe…
Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls
A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …
Religion and Health
In the introductory chapter and the one following we find the strong presentation of his thesis on the everlasting reality of religion. The …
Obesity and Diabetes
Obesity and diabetes are increasingly a burden in modern populations, and whilst the contributions of our lifestyles are well-known, other a…
The Mesmeric Guide
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 Breath of Life
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…
Music in Medicine
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…
Habits that Handicap
Habits that Handicap delves into the complex world of addiction, exploring the psychological and social factors that contribute to alcoholis…
Nerves and Common Sense
This is a collection of 30 articles on mental health, stress reducing and general advice on how to deal with everday problems at work or at …
1000 Things Worth Knowing
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…
Health and Fitness
This is the seventeenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes o…
Adventures in Silence
What is it like inside the life of a person who cannot hear, whose reality is silence? In eloquent, sensitive style, Herbert Collingwood ad…
The People's Idea of God
In The People's Idea of God, Mary Baker Eddy explores the profound relationship between humanity's understanding of the divine and its impac…
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants
When the price of Ginseng advanced some years ago hundreds engaged in the business who knew little or nothing of farming, plant raising and …
How to Care for the Insane
How to Care for the Insane by William D. Granger is a historical manual that explores the principles of caregiving for individuals with ment…
The Christian Nurse and Her Mission in the Sick Room
François-Xavier Gautrelet was a French Jesuit priest whose legacy survives as being the inspiration and originator of the Apostleshi…
The Outline of Science
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…
Brain and Personality
One of the earlier works on brain science, relating what was then known or conjectured about the connection between the physical brain and t…
Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life
Lewis Cornaro, also called Alvise or Luigi, was an Italian nobleman who lived during the 15th and 16th centuries. Discourses on a Sober and …
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care
Video lectures of course instructors from Spring 2011 offering of HST.184/HST.S14.
Instructor(s): Leo Anthony Celi, Peter Szolovits, Hamish…