An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

GILMAN, Alfred Zack

3 entries
  • 3788

The biological actions and therapeutic applications of the ß-chloroethyl amines and sulfides.

Science, 103, 409-15., 1946.

Introduction of nitrogen mustard in treatment of Hodgkin’s disease



Subjects: ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Lymphoma, Spleen: Lymphatics
  • 10133
  • 2659.6

Nitrogen mustard therapy. Use of methyl-bis(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride and tris(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride for Hodgkin's disease, lymphosarcoma, leukemia and certain allied and miscellaneous disorders.

J. Amer. Med. Assoc., 132 (3), 126-132, 1946.

Widely considered the first uses of chemotherapy for the treatment of malignant diseases.



Subjects: ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Chemotherapy for Cancer, ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Leukemia, ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Lymphoma
  • 1931.8

The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th ed.

New York: Macmillan, 1985.

Includes useful historical information.



Subjects: PHARMACOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY › History of Pharmacology & Pharmaceuticals