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924 entries match Physiology & Embryology [G07 / G02.149]
1900
#889
Zur Kenntniss der antifermentativen, lytischen und agglutinierenden Wirkungen des Blutserums und der Lymphe.
Also: Landsteiner, "Ueber Agglutinationsercheinungen normalen menschlichen Blutes," Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 14, 1901, 1132-1134. Landsteiner discovered that human blood contains iso-agglutinins capable of aggl…
1900 –1908
#516
Contributions to the study of the pathology of early human embryos. 3 pts. : (1). A contribution to the study of the pathology of early human embryos. Welch Festschrift, Johns Hopkins Hospital Reports, IX (1900). (2). Second contribution to the study of the pathology of early human embryos. Contributions to medical research. Dedicated to Victor C. Vaughan. Ann Arbor (1903). (3). A study of the causes underlying the origin of human monsters. Third contribution to the study of the pathology of human embryos. Reprinted from Journal of morphology, 29, No. 1 (1908).
Part 3, with 365 pages and illustrations was the main work of this series. Mall began the introduction to the third part as follows: "The present communication is the outcome of a study of 163 pathological human embry…
1900
#5945
Allgemeine Theorie der monochromatischen Aberrationen und ihre nächsten Ergebnisse für die Ophthalmologie.
The above work is the exposition of Gullstrand's general theory of monochromatic aberrations. This is an offprint from Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Ups., 1900-01, ser. 3, 20. In 1911 Gullstrand was awarded the Nobel Prize…
1901 –1911
#652
Fisiologia dell’uomo. 4 vols.
5th edition (5 vols.), 1919-21; English translation (5 vols.), London, 1911-21. Luciani was professor of physiology successively at Siena, Florence, and Rome.
1901
#840
Un nouveau galvanomètre.
Einthoven directed much of his research to the development and perfection of recording instruments. His most famous work was in connexion with his string galvanometer, a perfection of the instrument invented by J. S. …
1901
#1575
Lectures on the history of physiology.
Reprinted 1924 and (Dover Pubs.), 1970.
1901
#2555
L’immunité dans les maladies infectieuses.
A classic study of the mechanisms concerned in specific antibacterial immunity, and one of Metchnikoff’s best works. Russian edition: Nevospriimchivost’ k infekcionnim boleznyam. St. Petersburg: K.L. Rikker, 1903. Eng…
1901
#11180
An atlas of the medulla and midbrain: A laboratory manual.
1902
#653
Untersuchungen zur Thermodynamik der bioelektrischen Ströme.
Bernstein’s studies on the nature of muscular contraction included the observation that changes in surface tension are a controlling factor in the development of the energy of muscular contraction.
1902
#841
Ueber die Entfemung der extracardialen Herznerven bei Saügethieren.
1902
#1576
Some apostles of physiology.
Well illustrated, and finely printed, but dated history, by a pupil of Ludwig. See No. 629.
1902 –1909
#517
Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere.
1902
#518
The accessory chromosome; sex determination.
McClung showed that the accessory chromosomes are the determinants of sex.
1902
#2812
The study of the pulse.
In his classic monograph Mackenzie included (p. 10) a description and illustration of his polygraph, with which he made simultaneous tracings of the pulse, apex beat, etc.
1902
#2590
De l’action anaphylactique de certains venins.
First full description of the phenomenon of “anaphylaxis,” the name of which was coined by Richet. Abbreviated English translation in Bibel, Milestones of immunology (1988). In 1913, Richet was awarded the Nobel Prize…
1902 –1904
#534.69
Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene. Volume 1, The foetus. Volume 2, The embryo.
Ballantyne was a pioneer advocate of antenatal care. Volume 2, The Embryo, is the most complete history of teratology in English, and among the best in any language. American edition, New York, 1905. Digital facsimile…
1902
#12393
Life and correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch by his son, Vincent Y. Bowditch. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1903 –1904
#2003.2
L’électrisation cérébrale.
Leduc reported the effects of a galvanic current on the brain. His work led the way to electric convulsion therapy, introduced by Carletti and Bini (No. 4962).
1903
#1525.1
The time relations of the photo-electric changes in the eyeball of the frog.
First correct electroretinograms.
1903
#2712
Ueber Ionenwirkung und ihre therapeutische Verwendung.
Hypotensive action of thiocyanates first noted. Pauli was the father of the physicist Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958).
1903
#12166
Collected essays and articles on physiology and medicine. 2 vols.
Flint was one of the founders of laboratory research on physiology in America. Besides the regular trade edition Flint issued a deluxe version of this set limited to 25 copies. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heri…
1904
#843
Die unmittelbare Registrierung der Herztöne.
Frank obtained the first perfect pulse curves with special manometers, the so-called “Frank capsules”.
1904
#519
Experimental studies on germinal localisation.
1904
#7339
Die Entwickelung des menschlichen Gehirns, während der ersten Monate.
"This final summary of brain development, published in the year of his death, contains a wealth of classic illustrations that have been adapted ever since in textbooks" (Larry W. Swanson).
1905
#2713
Gefässkrisen.
1905
#13158
The organization and cell-lineage of the Ascidian egg.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1906
#654
The dynamics of living matter.
1906
#843.1
Über die direkte Ableitung der Aktionsströme des menschlichen Herzens vom Oesophagus und über das Elektrokardiogramm des Fötus.
Fetal electrocardiogram recorded. Cremer was also the first to record an electrocardiogram with an electrode in the esophagus.
1906 –1907
#844
The form and nature of the muscular connections between the primary divisions of the vertebrate heart.
Discovery of the sinoatrial node, the “pacemaker of the heart”. Reprinted in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 747-62.
1906
#845
Das Reizleitungssystem des Säugethierherzens.
Tawara discovered and described the atrioventricular node – “node of Tawara”. Translated into English by Kozo Suma and Munehiro Shimada as The conduction system of the mammalian heart: An anatomical-histological study…
1906
#4630
Révision de la question de l’aphasie; la troisième circonvolution frontale gauche ne joue aucun rôle spécial dans la fonction du langage.
Marie disputed Broca’s claim that the third left frontal convolution of the brain is the speech center. He classified aphasia into three groups: anarthria (defects of articulation), Broca’s (motor) aphasia, and Wernic…
1906
#520
Handbuch der vergleichenden und experimentellen Entwicklungslehre der Wirbelthiere. 3 vols.
1906
#1432
The integrative action of the nervous system.
Sherrington insisted that the essential function of the nervous system was the co-ordination of activities of the various parts of the organism. His work on the nervous system, especially his experimental studies of r…
1906
#3401
Untersuchungen über den vom Vestibularapparat des Ohres reflektorisch ausgelösten Rhythmischen und seine Begleiterscheinungen.
Bárány’s pointing test for the localization of circumscribed cerebellar lesions. Republished in book form, Berlin, 1906. In 1914 Bárány was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his work on the physio…
1906
#12297
Höheklima und Bergwanderungen in ihrer Wirkung auf den Menschen. Ergebnisse experimenteller Forschungen im Hochgebirge und Laboratorium.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1907 –1909
#570
De usu partium libri XVII ad codicum fidem recensuit Georgius Helmreich. 2 vols.
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First separate edition, edited from the prior printed editions and the surviving early manuscripts, of Galen's treatise on the function, use and purpose of the individual parts of the body. In this treatise Galen expl…
1907
#846
Die Registrierung der menschlichen Herztone mittels des Saitengalvanometers
Phonocardiography.
1907 –1908
#847
The extra-systole. A contribution to the functional pathology of the primitive cardiac tissue.
1907
#521
Observations on the living developing nerve fiber.
Harrison demonstrated the development of nerve fibres by independent growth from cells outside the organism.
1907 –1908
#522
Experiments on the origin and differentiation of the optic vesicle in amphibia.
1907
#788
The significance of a hitherto undescribed wave in the jugular pulse.
The physiological wave sometimes found in mid-diastole, when the pulse is slow, was first described by Gibson. He termed it the b-wave. Gibson worked with William Osler at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, and cared …
1907
#1476
The central course of the nervus octavus and its influence on motility.
Winkler was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Amsterdam and Utrecht. He published more than 200 papers, among the most important being that on the central pathways of the eighth nerve.
1907
#1895.1
Synthese des Imidazolyläthylamins.
Synthesis of histamine.
1907
#2599
De l’anaphylaxie en général et de l’anaphylaxie par la mytilocongestine en particulier.
In 1913 Richet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis."
1907
#2714
Multiple hereditary developmental angiomata (telangiectases) of the skin and mucous membranes associated with recurring haemorrhages.
“Rendu–Osler–Weber disease.”
1908
#523
Contributions to the study of the early development and imbedding of the human ovum. An early ovum imbedded in the decidua.
The “Bryce-Teacher ovum”, age estimated at 13-14 days.
1908
#524
Ueber den chemischen Character des Befruchtungvorgangs.
1908 –1952
#18
The works of Aristotle translated into English. Edited by J.A. Smith and W.D. Ross. 12 vols.
De motu animalium. De incessu animalium. In his Works, edited by J.A. Smith and W.D. Ross, 5, 698a-714b., Oxford, 1912. De Anima. In his Works… translated into English. Edited by J. A. Smith and W. D. Ross. 3, 402a-35…
1908
#4235
Transplantation in mass of the kidneys.
Carrel revolutionized vascular surgery. He transplanted the kidney from one animal to another, an operation later carried out successfully in man. For his earlier work on vascular anastomosis and transplantation of vi…
1908
#7342
I ganglî cerebrospinali. Studi di istologia comparata e di istogenesi.
"Using comparative and developmental approaches he examined dorsal root ganglion cells in the embryos of 18 vertebrate species, and adults of 56 species—using a variety of histological stains, particularly those of Go…