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765 entries match Anatomy & Pathology [G02.149 / C23]

1943

#8096

A bio-bibliography of Andreas Vesalius.

The standard annotated bibliography of Vesalius's works, known for its unusual system of numbering entries. Posthumously edited for publication by John F. Fulton and Arturo Castiglioni. Digital facsimile of the 1943 e…

1943

#13597

Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear.

"In 1943, after a three-year period of concentrated collaborative experience with the vaginal smear for the diagnosis of gynecologic cancer, Papanicolaou and Traut published their widely heralded monograph, Diagnosis …

1944

#356

A history of comparative anatomy: From Aristotle to the eighteenth century.

Reprinted, Dover Publications, 1978.

1944

#8470

Une maladie Égyptienne: l'hématurie parasitaire.

1945

#9177

Anatomy for artists.

By the famous American social realist artist.

1948

#6992

[Trials of] Burke and Hare, edited by William Roughead. Third edition.

Notable British Trials Series. Transcripts of the trials of the most famous "resurrection men", with related documents. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1948

#10204

The Ciba collection of medical illustrations. A compilation of pathological and anatomical paintings prepared by Frank H. Netter, M.D.

This was the first collection of anatomical images by Netter published in book form.

1949

#7316

Histopathology of the skin.

1950

#13912

Catalogue of an exhibition illustrating prehistoric man in health and sickness. With an introduction by E. Ashworth Underwood.

1952

#366

Leonardo da Vinci on the human body. The anatomical, physiological, and embryological drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. With translations, emendations, and biographical introduction by Charles D. O'Malley and J. B. de C. M. Saunders.

Includes 215 plates.

1953

#2526.2

Isolation of a cytopathogenic agent from human adenoids undergoing spontaneous degeneration in tissue culture.

Discovery of adenoviruses. With R. J. Huebner, L. K. Gilmore, R. H. Parrott, and T. G. Ward.

1953

#6623.01

The doctor and the devils.

The great lyric poet’s screenplay based on the notorious career of Robert Knox, the anatomist who purchased bodies for dissection from the resurrectionists/murderers, Burke and Hare. This was the first screenplay that…

1953 –1990

#10203

Ciba collection of medical illustrations. 8 vols. in 13.

"In all, Netter produced nearly 4,000 illustrations, which have been included in countless publications. In perspective, that number represents an image researched, sketched, and completely painted for every three bus…

1954

#7351

The human brain in sagittal section.

A superb atlas is based on sagittal sections. This was an innovative approach for the time as almost all previous illustration of the adult human brain was typically based on frontal or horizontal sections: “in conseq…

1956 –1960

#86.4

Collected papers of Paul Ehrlich. Compiled and edited by F. Himmelweit. 3 vols.

Vol. I: Histology, biochemistry, and pathology, Vol. 2: Immunology and cancer research; Vol. 3: Chemotherapy. Most texts are in German. English translations are also published when available. The set includes new Engl…

1957

#436

Nomina anatomica Parisiensia (1955) and B.N.A. (1895).

Includes historical sketch of the systems of anatomical nomenclature.

1959

#372.1

Andreas Vesalius's first public anatomy at Bologna, 1540. An eyewitness report by Baldasar Heseler, together with his notes on Matthaeus Curtius's lectures on Anatomia Mundini. Edited, with an introduction, translation into English and notes by Ruben Eriksson.

A unique manuscript discovery helping us to bridge the gap in the development of Vesalius’s ideas between the Tabulae anatomicae sex (1538) and the Fabrica (1543). Vesalius typically preceded his anatomical demonstrat…

1959

#13256

The human body, what it is and how it works. Text by Mitchell Wilson. Illustrations by Cornelius De Witt. Arthur W. Seligmann, M.D., medical consultant.

A modern classic of medical illustration, and the popularization of medicine. The artist is best known for illustrating children's books.

1961

#2319.1

A short history of clinical pathology.

1961

#7033

Lectures on the iconography of the Chirurgia of Vidus Vidius and the De dissectione of Estienne and Rivière. Given at the University of California Los Angeles October 1961

"Fifty copies of this collection of papers have beem printed for private circulation." Half title and cover title of the volume: Mannerism and Medical Illustration.

1961

#7352

The human cerebellum. An atlas of gross topography in serial sections.

1962

#460

Anatomical eponyms: being a biographical dictionary of those anatomists whose names have become incorporated into anatomical nomenclature, with definitions of the structures to which their names have been attached and references to the works in which they are described. 2nd ed.

1962

#7589

Catalogue of the pathological preparations of Dr. William Hunter, Sir William Macewen, Prof. John H. Teacher and Prof. J.A.G. Burton in the museum of the Pathology Dept., Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

1964

#7712

Bones, bodies, and disease. Evidence of disease and abnormality in early man.

1964

#12693

Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564.

1966

#2312.5

Human palaeopathology. Edited by S. Jarcho.

Includes material on the history of paleopathology in the United States.

1966 –1972

#7500

Descriptive catalogue of the pathological series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England: A selection of surviving specimens illustrating [John] Hunter's opinions on the nature of diseases, experiments and observations on cases in surgery. 2 vols.

1966

#11090

Les main mutilées dans l'art prehistorique.

A comprehensive study by a physician of the numerous tracings and impressions of mutilated hands that appear in prehistoric painted caves or parietal art.

1967

#2312.6

Diseases in antiquity: a survey of the diseases, injuries and surgery of early populations.

1968

#6916

Molecular pathology of human haemoglobin.

Perutz opened up "the field of 'molecular pathology,' relating a structural abnormality to a disease" (Aaron Klug, "Max Perutz 1914-2002," Science 295 ([2002] 2383). Specifically Perutz showed that hemoglobin molecule…

1968

#9097

Galen on the usefulness of the parts of the body. De usu partium. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by Margaret Tallmadge May. 2 vols.

1969 –1975

#6786.15

The Cole Library of early medicine and zoology. Catalogue of books and pamphlets. 2 parts.

The library of F.J. Cole (see No. 356). Part 1: 1472-1800 to the present day and Supplement to Part 1.

1969

#10211

Anatomy of the newborn: An atlas.

Self-illustrated by Crelin, this was the first atlas of human infant anatomy. Crelin followed this with a synopsis of the atlas, Functional anatomy of the newborn (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973).

1970

#11112

The human placenta.

An elegantly published and illustrated monograph with extensive historical material.

1970

#14216

Hammond's wall atlas of human anatomy.

With pages measuring 731 x 536 mm., this is the largest anatomical atlas ever published with plastic overlays. The covers include metal grommets so that the book could be hung on the wall. The work was undated, but is…

1971

#1588.8

Historical aspects of cerebral anatomy.

A highly detailed, very technical, but well-documented study.

1971

#7353

Atlas of the mouse brain and spinal cord.

"This is an exceptionally systematic, beautifully produced atlas of the mouse central nervous system in the three standard planes, with alternating cell-stained (Nissl method with cresyl violet) sections and myelin-st…

1971

#7405

Histology of the human eye.

Hogan and Alvarado's work was the first book on histology of the eye to include electron microscopy. It also reproduced spectacular three-dimensional representations of ocular ultrastructures by Joan Esperson Weddell.

1971

#14020

The anatomical basis of medical practice.

A notorious anatomy textbook that was pulled from the market by the publisher due to protest over its use of Playboy magazine type models to illustrate female external anatomy, as well as its sexist language. Preface:…

1975

#461.3

Studies in pre-Vesalian anatomy. Biography, translation, documents by L. R. Lind.

Includes English translations of texts by Alessandro Achillini, Alessandro Benedetti, Berengario da Carpi, Gabriele Zerbi, Niccolo Massa, Andrés de Laguna, J. Dryander and G. B. Canano.

1975

#6610.11

The anatomical works of George Stubbs.

Reproduces all of the known anatomical drawings of the painter, George Stubbs (1724-1806), together with his midwifery illustrations and the text and plates for his work on anatomy of the horse. (No. 308.1).

1975

#11691

Heart and coronary arteries: An anatomical atlas for clinical diagnosis, radiological investigation, and surgical treatment.

With 1,098 images this is "probablly the highest quality atlas of the heart ever produced" (W. Bruce Fye). This atlas received recognition throughout the world, including a Gold Medal at the International Book Festiva…

1976

#2312.7

Paleopathological diagnosis and interpretation: bone diseases in ancient human populations.

The first text providing diagnostic criteria for evaluating ancient skeletal remains.

1978

#7317

Histologic diagnosis of inflammatory skin diseases: A method by pattern analysis.

1980

#366.1

Corpus of the anatomical studies in the collection…at Windsor Castle. Edited by K.D. Keele and C. Pedretti. 3 vols.

Splendid edition reproducing all of the drawings in color, and with the original chronology and integrity of the drawings restored. Text provides transliteration of Leonardo’s notes in the original Italian plus Englis…

1980

#2312.8

Mummies, disease, and ancient cultures.

1981

#6958

The Manchu anatomy and its historical origin. With annotations and translations by John B. de C. M. Saunders and Francis R. Lee.

The Anatomie Manchoue, a series of graphic illustrations taken from Western anatomical works, with notes in the Manchu-Tungus language. This was compiled under the supervision of Father Parrenin, a French Jesuit worki…

1981

#10990

Oslerian pathology: An assessment and annotated atlas of museum specimens.

Covers the 55 remaining specimens of pathological preparations by William Osler preserved at McGill University. The book is divided into 4 sections: A: presentation and discussion of those aspects of Osler's activitie…

1982

#6610.16

La curieuse destinée des planches anatomiques de Gerard de Lairese, peintre en Hollande – Lairesse, Bidloo, Cowper.

1983

#11091

Disease in ancient man: A report of an international symposium on disease in ancient man. Edited by Gerald D. Hart.