An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: November 17, 2024

BIRLEY, James Leatham

3 entries
  • 12577

Goulstonian Lectures on the principles of science as applied to military aviation. Lecture I; Lecture II: War flying at high altitudes; Lecture III: War flying and high altitudes, cont.

Lancet, 195, 1147-1151, 1205-1211, 1251-57, 1920.

"Fatigue was the most universal complaint of pilots. Major Birley attributed its occurrence to the bombardment of the senses by the constant stream of stimuli in the air, many of which were of a peculiar character.75 Flyers were observed to stagger from aircraft to make their meticulous reports, which were often a source of conflict as no-one could agree upon what had occurred. Overwhelming tiredness led to frayed tempers and depressed spirits, and the idea uppermost in minds was to lie down and sleep. The repetition of this work over any length of time led to the deterioration of mental and physical wellbeing, inefficiency in the air, and ultimately the shortening of the active service period.76 " (Lynsey Shaw Cobden, "The nervous flyer: Nerves, Flying and the First World War," Br. J. Mil. Hist., 4 (2018) 121-142. 



Subjects: AVIATION Medicine
  • 12592

The medical problems of flying. Including Reports Nos. I-VII of the Air Medical Investigation Committee. Privy Council Medical Research Council.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920.


Subjects: AVIATION Medicine
  • 3004.1
  • 4897.2

Traumatic aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the internal carotid artery. With a note by Wilfred Trotter.

Brain, 51, 184-208, 1928.

In 1924 Wilfred Trotter(1872-1939) performed the first planned operation for intracranial aneurysm diagnosed pre-operatively.



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Neurovascular Disorders, NEUROSURGERY › Vascular & Endovascular