Anatomy and Physiology (2e)
FreeOpenStax · Rice University
Peer-reviewed, openly-licensed (CC BY) — full anatomy & physiology textbook, free to read or download.
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OpenStax · Rice University
Peer-reviewed, openly-licensed (CC BY) — full anatomy & physiology textbook, free to read or download.
OpenStax · Rice University
Free, openly-licensed microbiology textbook — read online or download the PDF.
StatPearls Publishing (NCBI Bookshelf)
The largest free, continuously-updated clinical reference — thousands of peer-reviewed articles.
Merck & Co.
Trusted clinical reference, free online — diagnosis, treatment and drug information.
Henry Gray (public domain)
The classic 1918 edition — out of copyright and free to read; great for the timeless anatomy plates.
CCRAS · NIIMH (Govt. of India)
Official Government of India digital edition of the classical Ayurveda text, free to read.
B.D. Chaurasia
The standard Indian dissection-hall anatomy set (3 volumes).
Richard Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam Mitchell
Vishram Singh
Popular clinically-oriented Indian textbook (regional volumes).
Richard S. Snell
OpenStax
Free open textbook — solid for first-year anatomy foundations.
John E. Hall, Michael E. Hall
The reference physiology text.
Kim E. Barrett et al.
K. Sembulingam, Prema Sembulingam
Victor W. Rodwell et al.
Denise R. Ferrier
U. Satyanarayana, U. Chakrapani
Kumar, Abbas, Aster
The definitive pathology reference.
Harsh Mohan
K.D. Tripathi
The standard Indian pharmacology text.
Bertram G. Katzung
Ananthanarayan and Paniker
Riedel, Morse, Mietzner, Miller
OpenStax
Free open microbiology textbook.
K.S. Narayan Reddy
K. Park
The standard PSM reference.
Loscalzo, Fauci, Kasper et al.
Ralston, Penman, Strachan, Hobson
Association of Physicians of India
Williams, O'Connell, McCaskie
Sriram Bhat M
Hiralal Konar
Hiralal Konar
V.G. Padubidri, Shirish N. Daftary
Kliegman, St. Geme et al.
Vinod K. Paul, Arvind Bagga
P.L. Dhingra, Shruti Dhingra
A.K. Khurana
J. Maheshwari, Vikram A. Mhaskar
G.S. Kumar
R. Rajendran, B. Sivapathasundharam
Neelima Anil Malik
Ritter, Boushell, Walter
Newman, Takei, Klokkevold
Agniveśa · CCRAS e-Samhita (Govt. of India)
Official free Government of India digital edition of the classical text.
Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (public domain)
Classic public-domain English translation, free on the Internet Archive.
Vāgbhaṭa
Classical text — find translated editions legally in a library or the Archive.
J.L.N. Sastry
Modern BAMS reference (Ayurvedic pharmacology / materia medica).
Ravindra Angadi
Modern BAMS reference on Ayurvedic pharmaceutics.
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