All downloadable in PDF format for free (or you can buy the printed books from the website):
http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php

Some of their stuff tends to be politically left of center, but the medical information for folks with no medical background is excellent!

I recommend:
Where There Is No Doctor
Where There Is No Dentist
A Book for Midwives
Cholera Prevention Fact Sheet
Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment
Where Women Have No Doctor


This is your basic SHTF medical library. Don't wait until the fan blades are clogged up before you print out or buy these books AND READ THEM!

I also added the water for life, that had some good info on collecting and also what kind of water born illnesses there are.

I have both "no doctor" and "no dentist." Both are excellent. Get them while you can. And "free" is hard to beat.

I suggest 4 other important books.

ST 31-91B US Army Special Forces Medical handbook
Emergency War Surgery
The Merck manual
and
Gray's Anatomy

I have found useful information that even someone not specifically trained in the medical arts can use, and for those who have major medical training they are great reference manuals.
I have all those in hard copy and I suggest people get hard copies, place them in water proof bags and containers and keep them handy, just in case.

Little collection of medical pdf's:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/riTh0KLm/med.html

A Community Guide to Environmental Health - J. Conant, P. Fadem 2008.pdf [15 MB]
Army-Tactical-Combat-Casualty-Wound-Care.pdf [2 MB]
cold_injury.pdf [2 MB]
Combat-Trauma-Treatment-and-Management.pdf [951 KB]
Comprehenive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine.pdf [1 MB]
FIRST AID in armed conficts and other situations of violence - ICRC 2006.pdf [3 MB]
md-0151-medical-course-principles-of-epidemiology-and-microbiology.pdf [7 MB]
Ranger-Medic-Handbook-2007.pdf [4 MB]
Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment - Hesperian Foundation 2005.pdf [1 MB]
Survival and Austere Medicine An Introduction 2005.pdf [3 MB]
Survival-Medical-FAQ.pdf [164 KB]
US-Marine-Corps-First-Aid-MCRP-302G.pdf [2 MB]
Wilderness-First-Aid-Dvorchak.pdf [35 KB]

helping a friend by making a disk of info and this stuff is perfect!

Here is a updated link to the website, the original one is broken.

http://hesperian.org/2011/10/welcome-to ... w-website/

Search for needed titles from there.

A list of books you might want to have/read/study before bad times happen.


Survival and Austere Medicine: An introduction
http://www.aussurvivalist.com/downloads/AM%20Final%202.pdf

Where There Is No Doctor
Where There Is No Dentist
and other pdf downloads
http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources/

The Ship Captain's Medical Guide
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/workingatsea/mcga-medicalcertandadvice/mcga-dqs_st_shs_ships_capt_medical_guide.htm


2007 Ranger Medic Handbook
http://www.patriotresistance.com/Ranger_Medic_Handbook_2007_1_.pdf

Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (Book Only Edition) (Ring-bound)
Amazon dot Com
Try to get the companion CD - the videos and pictures are worth the effort.
If you have a PDA:
http://www.findmysoft.com/pda_mobile/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook-download.html


AND NOW:
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook/dp/0160808960/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257352684&sr=8-2

I have both (including the 1st edition companion CD).
The 1st. has stuff the 2nd does not have.
The 2nd. has stuff the 1st does not have.
If you can affort it - my opinion - get both.

HOWEVER, the original Special Force's medical guide was completely supplanted by the SOF medical handbook noted above. The following are some quotes about the original SF manual:

“That manual is a relic of sentimental and historical interest only, advocating treatments that, if used by today’s medics, would result in disciplinary measures,” wrote Dr. Warner Anderson, a U.S. Army Colonel (ret.) and former associate dean of the Special Warfare Medical Group.

“The manual you reference is of great historical importance in illustrating the advances made in SOF medicine in the past 25 years. But it no more reflects current SOF practice than a 25 year-old Merck Manual reflects current Family Practice. In 2007, it is merely a curiosity.”

“Readers who use some of the tips and remedies could potentially cause harm to themselves or their patients.”

I have a copy of that manual. It was created in the early/mid-60's. It has some good information in it. HOWEVER, if you don't already know what is good information, the bad information in it could cause you some problems. So, get one if you want one but don't rely on it as the definitive source of medical info.





Fundamental Skills in Surgery [Hardcover]
By Thomas F. Nealon, William H. Nealon
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Thomas-Nealon/dp/0721664601/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232219916&sr=1-1ISBN-10%20:%200721664601
ISBN-13 : 9780721664606
Binding : Hardcover
Pages : 468
Publisher : W.B. Saunders Company

Fundamental Skills for Surgery
Richard Perry
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Iain-Skinner/dp/0074713353/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232219859&sr=1-2
ISBN13: 9780074713358,
ISBN10: 0074713353,
Division: Professional,
Pub Date: OCT-08,
Pages: 320
Edition: 02

Two sources
Ditch Medicine
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2205119/Ditch-Medicine-Advanced-Field-Procedures-For-Emergencies-1993
Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Ditch-Medicine-Advanced-Procedures-Emergencies/dp/1581603908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232743604&sr=1-1
Hugh Coffee
ISBN-10: 1581603908
ISBN-13: 978-1581603903



ALL of the following books are in use over the world by those who are not necessarily trained in surgery to perform any number of surgeries.

[Begin_My_Opinion]
These 3 books are in the “Buy these to round out your already extensive Medical Library” category.
They are a bit pricey. The wikipedia source for copy/paste into Word/Print is incomplete.
[End_My_Opinion]


Primary Surgery: Non-Trauma v.1: Non-Trauma Vol 1 (Paperback)
by Maurice King (Editor), Peter C. Bewes (Editor), James Cairns (Editor), Jim Thornton (Editor)
Paperback: 656 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; New edition edition (14 Jun 1990)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192616943
ISBN-13: 978-0192616944

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Primary-Surgery-Non-Trauma-v-1-Vol/dp/0192616943

Copy/Paste into word or print chapter by chapter - not all chapters are formatted nicely in the wikis:
http://ps.cnis.ca/wiki/index.php/Volume_I



Trauma: 2 (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 381 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (22 Jan 1987)
Language English
ISBN-10: 019261598X
ISBN-13: 978-0192615985

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trauma-Primary-Maurice-H-King/dp/019261598X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/275-9104060-8185224

Copy/Paste into word or print chapter by chapter:
http://ps.cnis.ca/wiki/index.php/Volume_II


Primary Anaesthesia (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (19 Jun 1986)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192615920
ISBN-13: 978-0192615923


One additional book suggested by one whom I know to be knowledgeable. I do not have the book nor have I read it.
It is on my list to get books.
Atlas of Minor Surgery
I.D. Cracknell & M.G. Mead
http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Minor-Surgery-Ian-Cracknell/dp/0443053049/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233412141&sr=1-2
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company, 1 edition (June 1998)
ISBN-10: 0443053049
ISBN-13: 978-0443053047
Pages: 86

Available in German as well: http://www.amazon.com/Kleine-Chirurgie-Ian-D-Cracknell/dp/3456831315/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233412108&sr=1-3