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

WHITE, Paul Dudley

3 entries
  • 12258

The excitatory process in the dog's heart. Part 1. The auricles.

Phil. Trans. B, 205, 375-420, 1914.

Experiments designed to identify the "origin of the contraction wave in the mammalian heart." Three photographic plates depict numerous electrocardiographic recordings. "From 1910 to 1916, Lewis and his associates performed classic experiments in which they outlined the sequence of electric activation of the heart." Burch 135. Citing this research, Arthur Hollman notes "Lewis was now at the peak of his electrophysiological studies which aimed to show the electrical events underlying cardiac contraction and his experimental work was remarkable for its scope and technical virtuosity" (Arthur Hollman, Sir Thomas Lewis, London, 1997, 58-60.)

Digital facsimile from the Royal Society at this link.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY › Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • 2860

Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachycardia.

Amer. Heart J., 5, 685-704, 1930.

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, the best-known of the “pre-excitation syndromes”.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Arrythmias
  • 12165

Hypokinetic disease: Diseases produced by lack of exercise. By Hans Kraus and Wilhelm Raab. Foreward by Paul D. White.

Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1961.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.



Subjects: PHYSICAL MEDICINE / REHABILITATION › Exercise / Training / Fitness, Sports Medicine