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The Doctors' Riot of 1788
- Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America
- By: Andy McPhee
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Throughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. After the Revolutionary War, though, instructors realized that they needed many more cadavers to serve a growing number of medical students. Enter the “resurrectionists”–body snatchers. Resurrectionists were a cruel lot; men (almost always men and often medical students themselves) who would sneak into a cemetery under the cover of darkness, remove a body, and then sell it to a physician or anatomist–usually for around $100.
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The Doctors' Riot of 1788
- Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 02-03-26
- Language: English
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The Moth in the Iron Lung
- A Biography of Polio
- By: Forrest Maready
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating account of the world’s most famous disease - polio - told as you have never heard it before. Epidemics of paralysis began to rage in the early 1900s, seemingly out of nowhere. Doctors, parents, and health officials were at a loss to explain why this formerly unheard-of disease began paralyzing so many children. Why did this disease start to become such a horrible problem during the late 1800s? Why did it affect children more often than adults? Why was it originally called teething paralysis by mothers and their doctors?
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Fascinating account of the famous disease
- By Toby on 15-09-20
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The Moth in the Iron Lung
- A Biography of Polio
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 19-06-18
- Language: English
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This Won't Hurt
- How Medicine Fails Women
- By: Marieke Bigg
- Narrated by: Daphne Kouma
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The idea that medicine is gender-neutral is a myth. This isn't inflammatory rhetoric; it's simply true. From the way pain is felt, to how heart attacks are diagnosed, to the very role society plays in the health of the body, the medical landscape in place today is one that was designed for, and by, men. This audiobook is about all the ways medicine is not gender-neutral, from research to treatment to diagnosis. Throughout history, flawed mindsets have paved the way for sub-par treatment, and the prevailing attitudes that exist today have had terrible repercussions for women.
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interesting.
- By Roxana on 21-04-23
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This Won't Hurt
- How Medicine Fails Women
- Narrated by: Daphne Kouma
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 16-02-23
- Language: English
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Arrowsmith
- By: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The son of a country doctor, Sinclair Lewis turned to writing instead of medicine. He won the Nobel Prize in 1930. Arrowsmith was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. This is the story of a brilliant young man who dedicates his life to science, yet finds that corruption, not disease, is...
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fantastic story
- By Dr S. on 01-12-23
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Arrowsmith
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 23-01-12
- Language: English
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Ancient Remedies
- Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History
- By: Josh Axe
- Narrated by: Chris Abell
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling author Dr. Josh Axe explains how to treat more than seventy diseases, lose weight, and increase vitality with traditional healing practices passed down through the ages. “Engaging, accessible and comprehensive.” —Amy Myers, MD, author of The Autoimmune Solution Long before the...
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Ancient Remedies
- Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History
- Narrated by: Chris Abell
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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The History of Medicine in Twelve Objects
- By: Carol Cooper
- Narrated by: Carol Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the fascinating history of medicine from its primitive beginnings to the lifesaving technologies of today. Award-winning author Dr Carol Cooper takes you on a journey through the 12 objects that have come to define medicine through the ages – from the barbaric and bizarre to the...
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The History of Medicine in Twelve Objects
- Narrated by: Carol Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 22-10-24
- Language: English
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The Empress and the English Doctor
- By: Lucy Ward
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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No disease sparked as much dread in the 18th century as smallpox. The virus killed millions across the globe, carrying off one in every five victims and disfiguring survivors with tell-tale pitted scars. But one mysterious method offered hope: inoculation, the practice of piercing the skin to insert a drop of infected matter and induce a mild case of smallpox. Those inoculated safely were protected from the ‘Speckled Monster’ and stayed immune for life. Only one problem remained: convincing people to accept the treatment.
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Fascinating with strong contemporary resonance
- By JulietGR on 02-07-22
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The Empress and the English Doctor
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 15-04-22
- Language: English
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The Gospel of Wellness
- Gyms, Gurus, Goop and the False Promise of Self-Care
- By: Rina Raphael
- Narrated by: Rina Raphael
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In this fun-filled dive into the wellness industry, journalist Rina Raphael looks at the roots of a sector that is now worth $4.5 trillion dollars and explores why it's been so alluring to women all over the globe, promising health and vitality in the most fashionable package. At times both fun and funny, from interviews with leading players in the industry to adventures in more bizarre practices, The Gospel of Wellness reveals how its growth is a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism within medicine and society.
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The Gospel of Wellness
- Gyms, Gurus, Goop and the False Promise of Self-Care
- Narrated by: Rina Raphael
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 22-09-22
- Language: English
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The Health and Wellness Lie
- Exposing the hype, hacks and hidden agendas of the well-being machine
- By: Dr Nicholas B. Tiller
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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From Ozempic to ice baths, from vitamins and supplements to the latest fad diet, pick through the succession of fitfluencers, bad science and hidden side effects – and get to the health and fitness facts that actually work. In the West, the amount we're spending year-on-year on health and wellness is increasing, and at the same time, obesity and diabetes are growing and rates of mental illnesses are rising. Something isn't working.
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The Health and Wellness Lie
- Exposing the hype, hacks and hidden agendas of the well-being machine
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 04-06-26
- Language: English
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Breath from Salt
- A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
- By: Bijal P. Trivedi
- Narrated by: Deepti Gupta
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Cystic fibrosis was once a mysterious disease that killed infants and children. Now it could be the key to healing millions with genetic diseases of every type - from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to diabetes and sickle cell anemia. Told from the perspectives of the patients, families, physicians, scientists, and philanthropists fighting on the front lines, Breath from Salt is a remarkable story of unlikely scientific and medical firsts, of setbacks and successes, and of people who refused to give up hope....
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Recommended by Bill Gates
- By Laly37 on 25-04-21
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Breath from Salt
- A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
- Narrated by: Deepti Gupta
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-12-20
- Language: English
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The Deadly Dinner Party
- By: Jonathan A. Edlow
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Picking up where Berton Roueche's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents 15 edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, MD, shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.
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So interesting!
- By You can please some of the people.... on 01-11-23
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The Deadly Dinner Party
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-06-20
- Language: English
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Consented
- A Doctor's Call to End Medical Violence and Reclaim Patient Autonomy
- By: Zed Zha M.D.
- Narrated by: Christina Ho
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A physician’s bold critique of medical rape culture—and her call for a new model of care that centers consent and empowers patients Medical culture has a problem with consent—and it’s not just a few bad doctors. That’s the conclusion of Dr. Zed Zha in Consented, a groundbreaking look...
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Consented
- A Doctor's Call to End Medical Violence and Reclaim Patient Autonomy
- Narrated by: Christina Ho
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 14-04-26
- Language: English
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Dreams from My Mother
- By: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
- Narrated by: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Dreams from My Mother is an inspiring story about childhood, race, identity, family, friendship, hope and what makes us who we are. Ultimately, it is an incredibly moving story of a mother and a daughter separated by society, but united in the dreams they shared for her future.
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A beautiful read & what an amazing lady.
- By Anonymous on 24-01-24
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Dreams from My Mother
- Narrated by: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 16-09-21
- Language: English
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Shapeshifters
- On Medicine & Human Change
- By: Dr Gavin Francis
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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To be alive is to be in perpetual change: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, award-winning writer and doctor Gavin Francis considers the transformations in mind and body that continue across the arc of human life. Some of these changes we have little choice about. We can't avoid puberty, the menopause, or our hair turning grey. Others may be welcome milestones along our path - a much-wanted pregnancy, a cancer cured, or a long-awaited transition to another gender.
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outstanding... unique in flow and prespective
- By Ghazi on 09-08-18
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Shapeshifters
- On Medicine & Human Change
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 03-05-18
- Language: English
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The American Plague
- The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History
- By: Molly Caldwell Crosby
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country - and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With "arresting tales of heroism," it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.
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The American Plague
- The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 05-12-17
- Language: English
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Medical Bondage
- Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
- By: Deirdre Cooper Owens
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Medical Bondage, Cooper Owens examines a wide range of scientific literature and less formal communications in which gynecologists created and disseminated medical fictions about their patients, such as their belief that black enslaved women could withstand pain better than white "ladies". Even as they were advancing medicine, these doctors were legitimizing, for decades to come, groundless theories related to whiteness and blackness, men and women, and the inferiority of other races or nationalities.
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needed
- By Roxana on 06-05-23
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Medical Bondage
- Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 07-05-19
- Language: English
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Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction (2nd Edition)
- Very Short Introductions
- By: Christian W. McMillen
- Narrated by: William Sarris
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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The 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated the power of pandemics and their ability not only to destroy lives locally but also to capture the imagination and terrify the world. In 2019 and the years that followed, the coronavirus pandemic infected every continent and took the lives of millions. In this updated edition, Christian W. McMillen provides a concise yet comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, illustrating how pandemic disease has shaped history and, at the same time, social behavior has influenced pandemic disease.
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Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction (2nd Edition)
- Very Short Introductions
- Narrated by: William Sarris
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 30-09-25
- Language: English
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Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher
- Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul
- By: Brandy Schillace
- Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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The “delightfully macabre” (The New York Times) true tale of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon…and his quest to transplant the human soul. In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed a different kind of space race: not the race to outer space that we...
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Fascinating
- By Kate K on 22-03-23
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Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher
- Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul
- Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-03-21
- Language: English
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The Drug Hunters
- The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines
- By: Donald R. Kirsch PhD, Ogi Ogas PhD
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity - by chewing, brewing, and snorting - some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,000-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze Age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings.
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The Drug Hunters
- The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 03-01-17
- Language: English
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What Doctors Feel
- How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
- By: Danielle Ofri MD
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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“A fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physician” that explores the doctor-patient relationship, the flaws in our health care system, and how doctors’ emotions impact medical care (Boston Globe) While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical...
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What Doctors Feel
- How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 29-06-21
- Language: English
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