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

DAMESHEK, William

2 entries
  • 3787.1

Hemolysins as the cause of clinical and experimental hemolytic anemias.

Amer. J. med. Sci., , 196, 769-92., 1938.

Acquired hemolytic anemia was the first condition to be recognized as an auto-immune disease.



Subjects: HEMATOLOGY › Anemia & Chlorosis, IMMUNOLOGY, Spleen: Lymphatics
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  • 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