Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The doctor The doctor Katie Marsico "Explore the life of a colonial doctor and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher. OL15444801W
Your head shape reveals your personality! Your head shape reveals your personality! Christine Zuchora-Walske "What if someone told you that your liver pumped blood through your body? You'd think that person was crazy! Discover how thought about the human body has changed over the centuries."-- OL17897065W
In the arms of Morpheus In the arms of Morpheus Barbara Hodgson Examines how the drinking of laudanum for medical reasons developed and how it became an everyday safeguard against pain, poverty, and boredom. Opium eating was catapulted into fame by the confession… OL1840605W
Flu Flu Gina Kolata The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic … OL2699188W
Medicine and the German Jews Medicine and the German Jews John M. Efron "Medicine played an important role in the early secularization and eventual modernization of German Jewish culture. And as both physicians and patients, Jews exerted a great influence on the formatio… OL3469633W
The Great Influenza The Great Influenza Amelia Pérez de Villlar,Amelia Pérez de Villlar,Amelia Pérez de Villlar,Amelia Pérez de Villlar,John M. Barry At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It kill… OL7989229W
Medical causes Medical causes Tanya Lee Stone Features celebrities who have made major commitments to helping others by contributing their time, money, and names for a variety of medical causes. OL892306W