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How Not to Die, Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner by Jan Garavaglia, M.D.. Stories and explanations of the main causes of accidental death, with a simple list of the top ten precautions. Follow the advice, and you will likely avoid most accidental early exits.
Human Body by Steve Parker. Extensive, vivid and detailed pictures of the major internal element of the human body.
Doctors, The Biography of Medicine by Sherwin B. Nuland. The history of medicine, its principal theories and biographies of key doctors who pioneered its advances.
Hippocrates. The founder of scientific medicine. See the essay On Precepts for the criticism of those who work exclusively from theories and fail to take proper observations.
The Work of Human Hands, Hardy Hendren and Surgical Wonder at Children's Hospital by G. Wayne Miller. Biography of Hardy Hendren, medical virtuoso
King of Hearts, The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery by G. Wayne Miller.

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