Facets

1761 CE

#7669

History of the travels and adventures of the Chevalier John Taylor, ophthalmiater; pontifical imperial and royal to the Kings of Poland, Denmark, Sweden, the electors of the Holy Empire, the princes of Saxegotha, Mecklenburg, Anspach, Brunswick, Parma, Modena... Addressed to his only son.

1994 CE

#8864

Home medicine: The Newfoundland experience.

"Based on material from the Folklore Archives at Memorial University as well as other sources, Crellin's catalogue includes such topics as abortion, baldness and hair preparations, blood-letting, cancer, drunkenness, …

1892 CE

#6764.1

Homeopathic bibliography of the United States, from the year 1825 to the year 1891.

Of particular value for researching homeopathic literature, societies and institutions in America from 1825 to 1891. Digital facsimile from the Hathitrust at this link.

1971 CE

#6880

Homeopathy in America: The rise and fall of the medical heresy.

A history of homeopathy in America, including its demise during the early to mid-20th century.

1991 CE

#13177

Homeopathy in the United States: A bibliography of homeopathic medical imprints, 1825-1925.

1842 CE

#11260

Homoeópathy, and its kindred delusions; Two lectures delivered before the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

2002 CE

#13427

Homöopathie in der Klinik: die Geschichte der Homöopathie am Stuttgarter Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus von 1940 bis 1973.

2015 CE

#8790

Indigenous medicine among the Bedouin in the Middle East.

1996 CE

#11063

Internationaler biographischer Index der Medizin : Arzte, Naturheilkundler, Veterinarmediziner und Apotheker. 3 vols.

1919 CE

#8871

Irish ethno-botany and the evolution of medicine in Ireland.

A discussion of Irish materia medica and a summary of the development of medicine in Ireland from the earliest times. Indices in Gaelic and English. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

2004 CE

#9899

Jamaican folk medicine: A source of healing.

1889 CE

#12348

Jenner and vaccination: A strange chapter of medical history.

Creighton, one of the founders of epidemiology, disputed the germ theory of infectious disease, and became "one of the anti-vaccination movement's 'most ardent and distinguished spokesmen.' Creighton argued that vacci…

1939 CE

#13305

Jewish magic and superstition: A study in folk religion.

1896 CE

#10052

Kehrt zur Natur zurück! Die wahre naturgemäße Heil- und Lebensweise. Wasser, Licht, Luft, Erde, Früchte und wirkliches Christentum.

Translated into English from the 4th enlarged German edition and published by the translator, Benedict Lust as: Return to nature! The true natural method of healing and living and the true salvation of the soul. (New …

1778 CE

#9866

Kort Underviisning om De paa Landet, I Bergens Stift, meest grasserende Sygdomme, og derimod tienende Hjelpe-Midler. Paa Det Nyttige Sælskabs Bekostning.

Strøm's work, which may be translated as "A short instruction about common sicknesses in the area around Bergen and their most common remedies" was "More a report than a doctor book, it describes the living con…

1897 CE

#11127

La foi qui guérit.

As one of his last works Charcot published this 38-page pamphlet on faith healing.

1936 CE

#6463

La médecine chez les peuples primitifs.

1941 CE

#6467

La medicina primitiva.

1932 CE

#6574

Lappische Heilkunde.

Folk medicine of the Sami people.

2008 CE

#12724

Lead encephalopathy due to traditional medicines.

Abstract: "Traditional medicine use is common in developing countries and increasingly popular in the western world. Despite the popularity of traditional medicines, scientific research on safety and efficacy is limit…

1854 CE

#6860

Lectures on the theory and practice of homoeopathy.

A series of lectures given at the London Hahnemann Hospital between 1852 and 1853, presenting an early account of Hahnemann’s life and the development of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive a…

1864 CE–1866 CE

#6534

Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman Conquest. Collected and edited by Oswald Cockayne. 3 vols.

This set contains many texts relating to medieval English medicine and the Anglo-Saxon language. It contains the Herbal of Apuleius in Anglo-Saxon and modern English, the Leechbook of Bald, the text of Sextus Placitus…

1511 CE

#9183

Libellus de lapidibus preciosis nuper editus.

The earliest medieval lapidary, and also the one which was quoted most widely. By the fourteenth century it was translated into French, Provençal, Italian, Irish, and Danish, and it was the first of Marbodius's…

1477 CE

#10725

Liber phsionomiae [and other works].

"Composed between 1209 and 1226, the first of the two primary texts discusses human generation — anatomy, physiology, astrology, sexual behavior, conception and the health of the fetus. The second part, the Phys…

1947 CE

#6629

Magic and healing.

2004 CE

#8312

Magic and rationality in ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman medicine. Edited by Manfred Horstmanshoff and Marten Stol.

The first comparison of medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world. The authors treat early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world; later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen…

1971 CE

#10673

Magical medicine: A Nigerian case study.

1980 CE

#9747

Magical medicine: The folkloric component of medicine in the folk belief, custom, and ritual of the peoples of Europe and America. Seleced essays of Wayland D. Hand.

1952 CE

#13306

Magicians, theologians and doctors: Studies in folk-medicine and folk-lore as reflected in the rabbinical Responsa (12th-19th centuries).

1997 CE

#9344

Magie, médecine et divination chez les Celtes.

1972 CE

#9279

Making the cure: A look at Irish folk medicine.

1975 CE

#2068.17

Manipulation past and present, with an extensive bibliography.

1913 CE

#11155

Manuel d'ostéopathie pratique, théorie et procédés, par le Dr L. Moutin et G. A. Mann, d'après les ouvrages du Dr Andrew Taylor Still,... et du Dr Wilfred L. Riggs,... à l'usage des élèves de l'École d'ostéopathie.

The first French monograph on osteopathy.

1889 CE

#8330

Marcelli De medicamentis liber. Edited Georgius Helmreich.

Marcellus's compendium of pharmacological preparations drawing on the work of multiple medical and scientific writers as well as folk remedies and magic. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

2003 CE

#8506

Materia magica et medica Hethitica: Ein Beitrag zur Heilkunde im Alten Orient. By Volkert Haas in cooperation with Daliah Bawanypeck.

The first comprehensive compendium of all known remedies and treatments used by the Hittites. The source texts are ritual descriptions and formularies from the 15th to 13th centuries BCE preserved from the archives of…

1937 CE

#13501

Médecine traditionnelle de l'Inde: La magie noire.

2018 CE

#9711

Médecins et magiciens á la cour du pharaon. Une étude du papyrus médical Louvre E 32847.

Transcription, French translation, and study of this papyrus dating from the reign of Amenophis II (1424-1398 BCE). The papyrus, written for teaching purposes, concerns diagnosis of pathology in the elderly, tumors (i…

1991 CE

#8298

Mediaeval prognosis and astrology: A working edition of the [anonymous] Aggregationes de crisi et creticis diebus, with introduction and English summary by Cornelius O'Boyle

This pre-Galenic astrological text by an unknown author from the later part of the 13th century concerns astrological prognostication. It was based upon Book III of Galen's De diebus criticis, but provided a "handy sh…

2006 CE

#8046

Medical charlatanism in early modern Italy.

2006 CE

#9911

Medical revolutionaries: The enslaved healers of eighteenth-century Saint Dominique.

1937 CE

#6464

Medicina aborigen americana.

2004 CE

#8868

Medicinal plants in folk tradition: An ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland.

The first comprehensive account of medicinal uses of wild plants by the country folk of Britain and Ireland based on manuscript folklore sources as well as published sources. These included information gathered by the…

1932 CE

#6460

Medicine among the American Indians.

Reprinted, New York, Hafner, 1962.

1964 CE

#8652

Medicine and custom in Africa.

1971 CE

#6467.2

Medicine and ethnology. Selected essays by Erwin Ackerknecht. Edited by H. M. Koelbing and H. H. Walser.

See also No. 6448

2005 CE

#10548

Medicine and magic in Elizabethan London. Simon Forman: Astrologer, alchemist, and physician

1956 CE

#8651

Medicine and magic of the Mashona.

1996 CE

#8010

Medicine and morality in Haiti: The contest for healing power.

1934 CE

#6628

Medicine and mysticism.

1958 CE

#10853

Medicine-men on the North Pacific Coast.