Medicine

LoC classification R

Includes

• Public health and hygiene
• First aid
• Diet caused diseases
• World Health Day

See also

• Technology#Home economics for food adulteration and healthy diet
• Physiology
• Social sciences for life stages & sex
• Physical education for healthy activity

Books in Progress at Distributed Proofreaders

1. Pflanzen-Altas zu Seb. Kneipp's »Wasser-Kur« [1893] {needs fixing, see notes} Anonym (German) is now in project_new
2. Humane Society: For the Recovery of Persons Apparently Dead by Drowning Royal Humane Society (English) is now in proj_post_first_available
3. A Treatise on the Scurvy Lind, James (English with Latin) is now in F2.proj_avail
4. Compulsory Medical Care and the Welfare State Palyi, Melchior (English) is now in proj_post_first_available
5. Duval's Artistic Anatomy Duval, Mathias-Marie (English) is now in proj_post_first_available
6. Epoch-Making Contributions to Medicine, Surgery and the Allied Sciences Camac, Charles Nicoll Bancker (English with German) is now in F2.proj_avail
7. History of the Vegetable Drugs of the Pharmacopeia of the United States Lloyd, John Uri (English with Latin) is now in F2.proj_waiting
8. Medical Essays Armstrong, John (English) is now in proj_post_first_available
9. Sex at Choice Erskine, Cicely Grace (English) is now in proj_post_first_available
10. The Genuine Works of Hippocrates Hippocrates; Adams, Francis [tr.] (English)
    1. Vol. II is now in proj_post_first_available
11. The Medical Aspects of Death, and The Medical Aspects of the Human Mind Harrison, James Bower (English) is now in proj_post_first_available
12. Die Geschichte der Diphtherie [1893] Behring, Emil von (German) is now in proj_post_first_available
13. A Dictionary of Practical Surgery: comprehending all the most interesting improvements from the earliest times down to the present period Cooper, Samuel (English) is now in F2.proj_avail
14. A system of operative surgery Burghard, Frederick Francis (English)
    1. Vol. 1 is now in F2.proj_waiting
    2. Vol. 2 is now in F2.proj_unavail
    3. Vol. 3 is now in F2.proj_waiting
15. The midwife in England Van Blarcom, Carolyn Conant (English) is now in F2.proj_avail
16. A New medical dictionary: including all the words and phrases used in medicine, with their proper pronunciation and definitions {F2->P3} Gould, George M. (English) is now in F2.proj_waiting
17. Practical materia medica and prescription writing Bethea, Oscar Walter (English) is now in F2.proj_waiting
18. Was wissen und können unsere Aerzte? {Fraktur} [1885] Koch, Robert (German) is now in proj_post_first_checked_out

Books Completed and posted to Project Gutenberg

1. A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco; and the necessity of immediate and entire reformation Fowler, Rev. Orin A.M. (English)
2. A dissertation on the medical properties and injurious effects of the habitual use of tobacco:, 2. ed. McAllister, A. (English)
3. A handbook of health Hutchinson, Woods (English)
4. A System of Midwifery Rigby, Edward (English)
5. A Yankee Doctor in Paradise Lambert, S. M. (English)
6. Adenoids: what they are, how to recognize them, what to do for them United States Public Health Service (English)
7. Advice to a Mother P H Chavasse (English)
8. Alcohol a dangerous and unnecessary medicine, How and Why Allen, Martha (Meir) (English)
9. American Red Cross text-book on home hygiene and care of the sick Delano, Jane A. (English)
10. An Account of the Diseases Monro, Donald (English with Latin)
11. An epitome of electricity & galvanism Two Gentlemen of Philadelphia (English)
12. An Epitome of Homoeopathic Healing Art B. L. Hill, M.D. (English)
13. An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco on Life and Health Mussey, R.D. M.D. (English)
14. An inaugural dissertation on pulmonary consumption Delafield, Edward (English)
15. An inquiry into the propagation of contagious poisons by the atmosphere Alison, S. Scott, M.D. (English)
16. Ang Mahusay na Paraan nang Pag Gamot sa man~ga Maysaquit S. A.D Tissot tr by Fr. Manuel Blanco (Tagalog)
17. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology Davis, Audrey B. (English)
18. Case of Filaria Loa Argyll Robertson, Douglas (English)
19. Child's Health Primer for primary classes Andrews, Jane (English)
20. Civics and health Allen, William Harvey (English)
21. Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured Chas. Cluthe & Sons (English)
22. Coca and Cocaine Martindale, William (English)
23. Diphtheria: how to recognize the disease, how to keep from catching it, how to treat those who do catch it U. S. Public Health Service (English)
24. Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work Bettany, George Thomas (English)
25. Essay on the Effects of Iodine on the Human Constitution Gairdner, William (English)
26. Essentials of Bandaging Hill, Berkeley (English)
27. Fasting girls Hammond, William Alexander (English)
28. Food poisoning Jordon, Edwin Oakes (English)
29. Food Remedies: Facts about foods and their medicinal uses Florence Daniel (English)
30. Gout Llewellyn Jones Llewellyn (English)
31. Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy {P1->P1} Towns, Charles Barnes (English)
32. Health on the farm: a manual of rural sanitation and hygiene Harris, H. F., 1867-1926 (English)
33. History of the Plague in London Daniel DeFoe (English)
34. Horrors of Vaccination Exposed and Illustrated--Petition to the President to Abolish Compulsory Vaccination in Army and Navy Higgins, Chas. M. (English)
35. House Rats and Mice David E. Lantz (English)
36. How to add ten years to your life Curry, S. S. (English)
37. How to Live Irving Fisher and Eugene Lyman Fisk (English)
38. Keeping fit all the way Camp, Walter (English)
39. Lead Poisoning and Lead Absorption Legge, Thomas M.; Goadby, Kenneth W. (English)
40. Lehrbuch der gerichtlichen Medicin Hofmann, Eduard (German)
41. Lehrbuch der Toxikologie für Tierärzte Fröhner, Eugen (German)
42. Leprosy Hansen, Gerhard Armauer; Looft, Carl
43. Maintaining Health R. L. Alsaker, M. D. (English)
44. Making Good on Private Duty Harriet Camp Lounsbery (English)
45. Materia medica; or, Provings of the Principal Animal and Vegetable Poisons of the Brazilian Empire; and their Application in the Treatment of Disease Mure, Benoît Jules (English)
46. Measles Rucker, William Colby (English)
47. Medica Sacra Mead, Richard (English)
48. Medical Symbolism in Connection with Historical Studies in the Arts of Healing and Hygiene Sozinskey, Thomas S. (English)
49. Merely the Patient Harper, Henry Howard (English)
50. Methods of Destroying Rats: Farmers' Bulletin 297, May 31, 1907 David E. Lantz (English)
51. Occult Science in Medicine Hartmann, Franz (English)
52. Old English Patent Medicines in America Griffenhagen, George B. (English)
53. On Harelip and Cleft Palate Rose, William (English)
54. On the Mechanism of the Physiological Action of the Cathartics MacCallum, John Bruce (English)
55. Papers on health Kirk, John (English)
56. Physiology and hygiene for secondary schools Walters, Francis Marion (English)
57. Physician and Patient Hooker, Worthington (English)
58. Practical Pathology Warthin, Aldred Scott (English)
59. Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious Lawrence, D. H. (English)
60. Rural hygiene Ogden, Henry N., 1868- (English)
61. Sketches from the History of Medicine Saunders, William Sedgwick (English)
62. Text-book of forensic medicine and toxicology Buchanan, Robert James McLean (English)
63. The Anatomy of Drunkenness Macnish, Robert (English)
64. The apparatus used by the Greeks and Romans in the setting of fractures and the reduction of dislocations Milne, John S. (English)
65. The biology, physiology and sociology of reproduction, also sexual hygiene Hall, Winfield S[cott] (English)
66. The care and feeding of children Holt, L. Emmett (English)
67. The Child's Day Hutchinson, Woods (English)
68. The Conquest of Cancer Wright, H. W. S. (English)
69. The Danger and Immodesty of the present too general custom of Unnecessarily Employing Men-Midwives anon (English)
70. The Deformities of the Fingers and Toes Anderson, William, F.R.C.S. (English)
71. The Genuine Works of Hippocrates Hippocrates; Adams, Francis [tr.] (English)
    1. Vol. I
72. The Healthy Life, vol. V. nos. 24-28 Charles William Daniel (editor) (English)
73. The Home Medical Library Winslow, Kenelm (English)
    1. v. 1
    2. v. 2
    3. v. 5
74. The housefly and how to suppress it, U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmer's Bulletin No. 1408 Howard, L.O. (English)
75. The Indian Operation of Couching for Cataract Elliot, Robert Henry (English)
76. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Anonymous (English)
77. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases Charles West (English)
78. The narcotic drug problem Bishop, Ernest S. (English)
79. The no-breakfast plan and the fasting-cure Dewey, Edward Hooker (English)

$ The practice of osteopathy, 4th ed. McConnell, Carl Philip (English)

1. The Principles and Practice of Modern Surgery Park, Roswell (English)
2. The science of being well Wattles, Wallace Delois (English)
3. The Seven Books of Paulus Ægineta Aegineta, Paulus (3 volumes; English with Latin)
   1. Vol. 1
   2. Vol. 2
   3. Vol. 3
4. The Suppression of Tuberculosis Behring, Emil von (English)
5. The tryal of Mr. Daniel Sutton, for the high crime of preserving the lives of His Majesty's liege Subjects, by means of inoculation Sutton, Daniel (English)
6. The Turkish Bath Allsop, Robert Owen (English)
7. The Undertakers' Manual Renouard, Auguste (English)
8. The Virtues of Common Water Smith, John, C. M. (English)
9. The woman beautiful; or, the art of beauty culture Stevans, Helen Follett (English)
10. Three thousand years of mental healing Cutten, George Barton (English)
11. Treatise on the Diseases of Women Pinkham, Lydia E. (English)
12. Treatment of Hemorrhoids Agnew, William Penn (English)
13. "Vanity," 'All is Vanity.' Cranmer, J. J. (English)
14. Venereal Diseases in New Zealand: Report of the Committee of the Board of Health Appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health W. H. Triggs (English)
15. Why Do We Die? Scott, Thomas Bodley (English)

Medicine Nobel Prize Winners

1939 Gerhard Domagk 1938 Corneille Jean François Heymans 1937 Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt 1936 Sir Henry Hallett Dale, Otto Loewi 1935 Hans Spemann 1934 George Hoyt Whipple, George Richards Minot, William Parry Murphy 1933 Thomas Hunt Morgan 1932 Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, Edgar Douglas Adrian 1931 Otto Heinrich Warburg 1930 Karl Landsteiner 1929 Christiaan Eijkman, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1928 Charles Jules Henri Nicolle 1927 Julius Wagner-Jauregg 1926 Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger 1924 Willem Einthoven 1923 Frederick Grant Banting, John James Rickard Macleod 1922 Archibald Vivian Hill, Otto Fritz Meyerhof 1920 Schack August Steenberg Krogh 1919 Jules Bordet 1914 Robert Bárány 1913 Charles Robert Richet 1912 Alexis Carrel 1911 Allvar Gullstrand 1910 Albrecht Kossel 1909 Emil Theodor Kocher 1908 Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Paul Ehrlich 1907 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran 1906 Camillo Golgi, Santiago Ramón y Cajal 1905 Robert Koch 1904 Ivan Petrovich Pavlov 1903 Niels Ryberg Finsen 1902 Ronald Ross 1901 Emil Adolf von Behring

Ross (1902) role of insects as vectors in the infectious cycle (malaria)

Koch (1905) identification of the tubercle bacillus and other work on tuberculosis

Laveran (1907) role of protozoa in causing disease (malaria)

Nicolle (1928) role of clothes lice in the transmission of typhus

Behring (1901) serum therapy and its application against diphtheria

Ehrlich (1908) immunity

Mechnikov (1908) phagocytosis

Richet (1913) anaphylaxis

Bordet (1919) antigens and antibodies in immune reactions

Landsteiner (1930) blood groups and blood typing

Domagk (1939) prontosil (sulphonamides)

Finsen (1903) light therapy of lupus

Wagner-Jauregg (1927) fever treatment of general paralysis

Fibiger (1926) spiroptera carcinoma illustrating cancer caused by chronic irritation

Morgan (1933) role of chromosomes in heredity

Spemann (1935) organiser effect in embryonic development

Kossel (1910) work on protein including the nucleic substance

Intermediary Metabolism

Hill (1922) heat production in muscle

Meyerhof (1922) oxygen consumption and the metabolism of lactic acid in muscle

Warburg (1931) nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme

von Szent-Györgyi (1937) vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid

Kocher (1909) physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland

Banting & Macleod (1923) insulin

Eijkman (1929) antineuritic vitamin

Hopkins (1929) growth-stimulating vitamin

Whipple, Minot & Murphy (1934) liver therapy in cases of anaemia

Pavlov (1904) physiology of digestion (conditioned reflexes)

Krogh (1920) capillary motor regulating mechanism

Einthoven (1924) electrocardiography

Heymans (1938) role of sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration

Golgi & Ramón y Cajal (1906) structure of the nervous system

Sherrington & Adrian (1932) functions of neurones

Dale & Loewi (1936) chemical transmission of the nerve impulses

Gullstrand (1911) dioptrics of the eye

Bárány (1914) physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus