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Physicians and surgeons of America (illustrated) : a collection of biographical sketches of the regular medical profession / edited and compiled by Irving A. Watson.

The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.

Accoucheurs et sages-femmes célébres : esquisses biographiques / par G.-J. Witkowski.

Florence Nightingale : a cameo life-sketch / Marion Holmes.

Ronald Ross, discoverer and creator / by R.L. Mégroz ; with a preface by Osbert Sitwell.

Weir Mitchell : his life and letters / by Anna Robeson Burr.

The life of Florence Nightingale / by Sarah A. Tooley, with 22 illustrations.

Life and letters of Dr. William Beaumont : including hitherto unpublished data concerning the case of Alexis St. Martin / by Jesse S. Myer ... with an introduction by Sir William Osler ... with fifty-eight illustrations.

Mary Putnam Jacobi, M.D., a pathfinder in medicine : with selections from her writings and a complete bibliography / edited by the Women's Medical Association of New York City.

Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

The map that changed the world : a tale of rocks, ruin and redemption / Simon Winchester.

Band-aid for a broken leg : being a doctor with no borders (and other ways to stay single) / Damien Brown.

Trials of the monkey : a Darwin goes in search of America and happens upon himself ; an accidental memoir.

From the life of a researcher / William Weber Coblentz.

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Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

The map that changed the world : a tale of rocks, ruin and redemption / Simon Winchester.

Band-aid for a broken leg : being a doctor with no borders (and other ways to stay single) / Damien Brown.

Trials of the monkey : a Darwin goes in search of America and happens upon himself ; an accidental memoir.

From the life of a researcher / William Weber Coblentz.