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Little Masterpieces of Science - Health and Healing

Name: Little Masterpieces of Science - Health and Healing
Author: George Iles

George Iles

Read by J. M. Smallheer, Mike Pelton, Carol, Availle, Mary J, Jairus Amar and Anna Simon · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (2:59)
Chapter 1 - Escape from Pain, The History of a Discovery by Sir James Paget, M. D. (35:11)
Chapter 2 - Jenner and Pasteur by Sir J. R. Bennett, M. D. (46:36)
Chapter 3 - Pasteur and His Work by Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson (20:39)
Chapter 4- Tuberculosis and Its Prevention by T. M. Prudden, M. D. (30:35)
Chapter 5 - Malaria and Mosquitoes by G. M. Sternberg, M.D. (36:34)
Chapter 6 - The Art of Prolonging Life by Robson Roose, M.D, Part 1 (23:40)
Chapter 6 - The Art of Prolonging Life by Robson Roose, M.D., Part 2 (21:51)
Chapter 7 - Natural Life and Death by B. W. Richardson, M.D. (12:43)
Chapter 8 - Rules for Health by B. W. Richardson, M.D. (16:33)
Chapter 9 - Care of the Eyes by Buel P. Colton (8:25)
Chapter 10 - Progress of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century by J. S. Billings, M.D. (24:00)