Health & Fitness

Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza

by Francis Edward Tourscher Read by David Wales 4.6
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. …

A Treatise on Bread, and Bread-Making

by Sylvester Graham Read by Tatiana Chichilla 5
Sylvester Graham, also known as the "Father of Vegetarianism", was a Presbyterian minister who emphasized clean eating. Graham end…

Our Knowledge Box

by George Blackie Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
This practical guide to solving all sorts of problems includes secrets and discoveries covering the Liquor Trade, Druggists' Aids, Manufactu…

A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion

by Richard Mead Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
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…

Infection and Immunity

by George M. Sternberg Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.8
Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…

Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks

by May Farinholt Jones Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"The child's mind dwells constantly in the realm of imagination; dry facts are too prosaic to enter this realm. The "Land of Story…

No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet

by Rupert H. Wheldon Read by Ben Adams 4.4
>Though little is known about its author, this is considered the first vegan cookbook ever written. At the time of its composition, the V…

Food Guide for War Service at Home

by Katherine Blunt Read by Maria Kasper 4.3
"The long war has brought hunger to Europe; some of her peoples stand constantly face to face with starvation. To meet all this great f…

The Natural History of Chocolate

by D. De Quelus, D. De Quelustranslated Byrichard Brookes and D. De Quelustranslated By Richard Brookes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…

The New Science of Controlled Breathing

by Edward Lankow Read by Martha Heaton 4.3
Instructions on the health benefits of consciously controlled breathing, by famous opera singer, Edward Lankow.

MIT7.013S05

by MIT OpenCourseWare
The MIT Biology Department core courses, 7.012, 7.013, and 7.014, all cover the same core material, which includes the fundamental principle…

Apis Mellifica

by C. W. Wolf Read by Marie Daum 5
Apis Mellifica explores the therapeutic potential of Apis Mellifica, a homeopathic remedy derived from the venom of honey bees. In this insi…

What to Eat and When

by Susanna Cocroft Read by LibriVox Volunteers
What is the purpose of food? How can it be utilized best to maintain health, aid recovery from illness and raise robust children, while bein…

Sleeping Sickness

by Fleming Mant Sandwith Read by Pamela Nagami 3.2
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…

Religion and Health

by James Joseph Walsh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
In the introductory chapter and the one following we find the strong presentation of his thesis on the everlasting reality of religion. The …

Studies in the Psychology of Sex

by Havelock Ellis Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Volume 3: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and PainIn the study of Love and Pain I have discussed the sources of those aberrations which…

Nerves and Common Sense

by Annie Payson Call Read by Scientila Duddempudi 5
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 …

The Christian Nurse and Her Mission in the Sick Room

by François-Xavier Gautrelet Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
François-Xavier Gautrelet was a French Jesuit priest whose legacy survives as being the inspiration and originator of the Apostleshi…

Use Of The Dead To The Living

by Thomas Southwood Smith Read by David Wales 4.1
In 1827 Thomas Southwood-Smith published The Use of the Dead to the Living, a pamphlet which argued that the current system of burial in the…

The Mesmeric Guide

by S. D. Saunders Read by Jordan Watts 4
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…

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