Health & Fitness
- Holistic Health and Well-Being
- Exploring Health Through Science
- Explorations in Health and Wellness
- Pioneers in Health and Healing
Bacteria in Daily Life
The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progres…
The Logic of Vegetarianism
With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his ar…
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…
Pleasure Cycling
"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful inform…
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 …
The Psychology of Alcoholism
After presenting an overview of alcoholism and its affect on society, Dr. Cutten dives into the effects of chronic alcoholism on physiology,…
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 Mystery of Pain
This book is addressed to the sorrowful, ... to whom their own or others' pain is a daily burden, upon whose hearts it weighs with an intole…
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…
Private Sex Advice to Women
In this book the writer thereof seeks to convey to women—particularly to young wives and women expecting to be married—certain important fac…
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
This book is not a technical treatise and is designed only to point out the plain, every-day facts in the natural scheme of making and keepi…
Habits that Handicap
Habits that Handicap delves into the complex world of addiction, exploring the psychological and social factors that contribute to alcoholis…
The Prospective Mother
A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions …
A Treatise on Bread, and Bread-Making
Sylvester Graham, also known as the "Father of Vegetarianism", was a Presbyterian minister who emphasized clean eating. Graham end…
Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza
In 1918 over 2,000 Roman Catholic nuns left their convents in the Philadelphia area to nurse the sick and dying of the influenza epidemic. …
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…
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…
Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…
Little Masterpieces of Science
One of a series of books, "Little Masterpieces in Science" edited by George Iles, Health and Healing is a collection of articles w…
Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks
"The child's mind dwells constantly in the realm of imagination; dry facts are too prosaic to enter this realm. The "Land of Story…