Books on Topic: 'Disease'

The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. "By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the P...

At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every case, was...

Planet Savers, set on the alien world of Darkover, follows the struggle of a Terran colony facing extinction from a deadly plague known as Trailmen's...

In Time of Pestilence, 1593 is a remarkable work of poetry by Thomas Nashe, capturing the horrors of the bubonic plague that ravaged London in the lat...

An interstellar doctor and his pet alien are sent to investigate a mysterious disease on a remote planet. They soon discover that the disease is not w...

This book delves into the intricacies of chronic alcoholic intoxication, examining its impact on the body and its connection to various ailments. Dr....

This book presents Edward Jenner's groundbreaking research on the connection between smallpox and cowpox, leading to the development of the world's fi...

Richard Mead's *Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion* is a landmark treatise on the 18th-century understanding of plague and its spread....

O Cortiço, a masterpiece by Aluísio Azevedo, is a powerful and unflinching portrayal of life in a tenement building in late 19th-century Rio de Janeir...

Published in 1817, 'Essay of the Shaking Palsy' by James Parkinson is a seminal work in the field of neurology. It is considered the first comprehens...

This book, authored by Dr. Rai Bahadur A. Mitra, the Chief Medical Officer in Kashmir, is a concise treatise on the bubonic plague. It delves into the...

The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The three volume book tells of a f...

Charles MacLaurin's 'Post Mortem' presents a unique perspective on historical figures, exploring their lives through the lens of medical and psycholog...

This book, 'Post Mortems Two: Mere Mortals', is a collection of essays by Charles MacLaurin, published in 1925, which delve into the lives of prominen...

This book, written by John Harvey Kellogg, explores the use of water therapy, also known as hydrotherapy, as a means of treating various diseases and...