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924 entries match Physiology & Embryology [G07 / G02.149]
1920
#529
Mechanismus und Physiologie der Geschlechtsbestimmung.
Translated into English William J. Dakin as The Mechanism and Physiology of Sex Determination (London: Methuen & Co., 1923). Digital facsimile of the 1920 edition from Google Books at this link. Digital facsimile of t…
1920
#7000
The growth and shedding of the antlers of the deer. The histological phenomena and their relation to the growth of bone.
The first study of the unusual and dramatic physiology of the annual growth and shedding of the antlers of deer. "The amount of bony matter annually secreted to form antlers of the larger deer is enormous, antlers of …
1921
#855
The blood supply to the heart.
Coronary arterial anatomy studied by radiography of the injected arteries by a standard technique.
1921 –1922
#1343
Ueber humorale Uebertragbarkeit der Herznervenwirkung.
Loewi’s important experiments firmly established the theory of chemical intermediaries in nervous reactions. In 1936 Loewi shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Dale "for discoveries related to chemica…
1922
#793
The anatomy and physiology of the capillaries.
Silliman Lectures. Krogh was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries. In 1920 Krogh received the N…
1922
#961
Respiration.
An account of the work of the Oxford School of Physiology, in particular the Pike’s Peak expedition (No. 957). Second edition, 1935, with J. G. Priestley.
1922
#3966
The internal secretion of the pancreas. (Abstract).
A preliminary one-page communication regarding the isolation of insulin, made to a meeting of the American Physiological Society in December 1921. Digital facsimile from insulin.library.utoronto.ca at this link. In 19…
1922 –1931
#7649
Das Leben des Menschen. Eine volkstümliche Anatomie, Biologie, Physiologie und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen. 5 vols.
By developing a new infographics style of illustration in which physiological processes and other technical medical and biological concepts were often depicted as, or compared to machines, Kahn made medical and biolog…
1923
#794
Der Karotisdruckversuch.
1923
#746
The possible significance of hexosephosphoric esters in ossification.
Records an important advance in the knowledge concerning the conversion of blood calcium into the insoluble calcium of bone.
1924
#661
Körperstellung.
A classic work on muscle tone and posture, a subject upon which Magnus spent many years of study. He demonstrated among other things that the labyrinth is the one sense organ entirely concerned with posture and equili…
1924
#795
Die Aenderung der Herzschlagzahl durch Aenderung des arteriellen Blutdruckes erfolgt aus reflektorischem Wege; gleichzeitig eine Mitteilung über die Funktion des Sinus caroticus, beziehungsweise der Sinusnerven.
First description of the structure and function of the sinus nerve and the reflex character of carotid pressure.
1924
#856
Die Arterien der Herzwand.
1924
#1305
The compound nature of the action current of nerve as disclosed by the cathode ray oscillograph.
In 1944 Erlanger and Gasser shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries regarding the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibers."
1924
#530
Über Induktion von Embryonalanlagen durch Implantation artfremder Organisatoren.
This was Hilde Mangold's thesis. Spemann designed the experiment, and Mangold performed the work, and was the co-discoverer of the "organizer," the chemical that directs the embryonic development of tissues and organs…
1925 –1932
#662
Handbuch der normalen und pathologischen Physiologie. Hrsg. von. A. Bethe, G. Bermann, etc. 18 vols.
1925
#1912
The action and uses in medicine of digitalis and its allies.
1925
#3139
Blood regeneration in severe anaemia. II. Favourable influence of liver, heart and skeletal muscle in diet.
These workers showed the beneficial effect of raw beef liver upon blood regeneration in anemia. Their work paved the way for the liver diet treatment of Minot and Murphy. In 1934 Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Phys…
1926
#795.1
The capillary pressure in frog mesentery as determined by micro-injection methods.
Direct measurement of the blood pressure within the capillaries.
1926 –1927
#796
Studies in the velocity of blood flow.
First practical method of measuring circulation time. "In 1925, Hermann Blumgart performed the first diagnostic procedure using radioactive indicators on humans; this first is well recognized. Less well recognized is …
1926
#663
Muscular contraction and the reflex control of movement.
A detailed study of the physiology of skeletal muscle. A valuable historical introduction will be found on pp. 3-55, and the book includes an extensive bibliography.
1926
#4633
Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech. 2 vols.
Head’s theory of aphasia conceived the condition as being “a disorder of symbolic formulation and expression”.
1926
#3140
Treatment of pernicious anemia by a special diet.
Introduction of raw liver diet in the treatment of pernicious anemia. This treatment ranks as one of the greatest modern advances in therapy. See also the later paper in the same journal, 1927, 89,759-66. Reprinted in…
1927
#797
The blood-vessels of the human skin and their responses.
1927
#1528
The action of light on the eye.
On the electrical discharges from the vertebrate optic nerve.
1927
#2715
Hypertension of the pulmonary circulation.
1927
#251.1
Artificial transmutation of the gene.
Muller showed that radiation causes mutations that are passed on from one generation to the next. This was the first suggestion that inherited traits might be altered or controlled, and it created a sensation: “Man’s …
1927
#9335
Studies on the velocity of blood flow: I. The method utilized.
Reports the first diagnostic procedure, done in 1925, using radioactive indicators on humans. "Less well recognized is the fact that Blumgart and his coworker Otto C. Yens, then a medical student, developed the first …
1927
#12226
A study of the electrical field surrounding active heart muscle.
At Johns Hopkins Hospital Craib evolved his fundamental theory of the doublet hypothesis which revolutionized electrocardiographic thinking. Until then, it was held that electricity in the heart differed from electric…
1928
#798
Die Thermo-Stromuhr. Ein Verfahren zur fortlaufenden Messung der mittleren absoluten Durchfulssmengen in uneröffneten Gefässen in situ.
Introduction of the Thermostromuhr, an instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood flow.
1928
#799
The pressure pulses in the cardiovascular system.
Wiggers, professor of physiology at the Western Reserve University, Cleveland, contributed much to the knowledge of the circulation and devised several instruments to promote the study of this subject.
1928
#1059
Observations on the function of peroxidase systems and the chemistry of the adrenal cortex. Description of a new carbohydrate derivative.
Isolation of vitamin C, ascorbic acid. In 1937 Szent-Györgyi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries in connexion with the biological combustion process with special reference to vit…
1928
#856.1
A double perfusion-pump.
Mechanical heart.
1928
#1308
The basis of sensation. The action of the sense organs.
In 1932 Adrian shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Charles Scott Sherrington "for their discoveries about the function of neurons." See also Nos. 1307, 1528, and 1303.
1928 –1941
#1445
Lectures on conditioned reflexes. 2 vols.
Besides his work on digestion, Pavlov is remembered for his investigations upon conditioned reflexes. An English translation of another work by Pavlov, entitled Conditioned reflexes, appeared in 1927.
1928
#7392
The development of the human eye.
The first monograph on the subject, illustrated with drawings by the author.
1929
#967
Le sinus carotidienet la zone homologue cardio-aortique.
In 1938 Heymans was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration."
1929
#566.1
The growth, development and phosphatase activity of embryonic avian femora in limb-buds cultivated in vitro.
First modern organ cultures.
1929
#969
Ueberden Absorptionsspektrum des Atmungsferments.
Warburg discovered the nature and function of the respiratory ferment. In 1931 Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme."
1929
#1062
Cholesterinstoffwechsel in Hühnereiern und Hühnchen.
In 1943 Dam shared the Nobel Prize with Doisy "for discovery of vitamin K, the blood coagulating factor."
1929
#857
The determination of the cardiac output of man by the use of acetylene.
Grollman introduced the acetylene method of determination of cardiac output.
1929
#1933
On the antibacterial action of cultures of a penicillium, with special reference to their use in the isolation of B. influenzae.
Discovery of the growth-inhibiting action of Penicillium on certain bacteria. In 1945 Fleming shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of …
1929
#2858
Die Sondierung des rechten Herzens.
The first cardiac catheterization on a living person. Forssmann catheterized his own heart. Historical note by N. Howard-Jones, Bull. Hist. Med.,1973, 47,524-6. English translation in Callahan, Keys & Key, Classics of…
1929
#2716
Some different types of essential hypertension; their course and prognosis.
The Keith-Wagener-Barker classification of hypertension. With N. W. Barker.
1929
#14096
Gestaltungsanalyse am Amphibienkeim mit Örtlicher Vitalfärbung: II. Teil. Gastrulation und Mesodermbildung bei Urodelen und Anuren.
Modern fate mapping began in 1929 when Walter Vogt marked the groups of cells using a dyed agar chip and tracked them through gastrulation.
1930
#1577
Reflex action. A study in the history of physiological psychology.
Reprinted, New York, Hafner, 1964.
1930
#1169
La diabetes pancreática de los perros hipofisoprivos.
Houssay’s depancreatized hypophysectomized dog. This work led to Houssay’s demonstration of the importance of the anterior pituitary in sugar metabolism. See also Endocrinology, 1931,15, 511-23. In 1947 Houssay shared…
1930
#532.9
Early theories of sexual generation.
1930
#1920
Digoxin, a new digitalis glucoside.
Isolation of digoxin from Digitalis lanata.
1930
#13255
Human speech. Some observations, experiments, and conclusions as to the nature, origin, purpose and possible improvement of human speech.
Paget believed that speech originated in the "pantomimic action" of the lips and tongue related to the speaker's senses and emotions. This led to his central thesis that hand signs and gestures were the original form …