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924 entries match Physiology & Embryology [G07 / G02.149]
1931
#531
Chemical embryology. 3 vols.
1932
#664
The wisdom of the body.
A discussion of the regulation of body fluids, hunger, thirst, temperature, oxygen supply, water, sugar, and proteins of the body, and the role of the sympathetic-adrenal mechanism.
1932
#2861
The cardiac output of man in health and disease.
1932
#2717
A standard stimulus for measuring vasomotor reactions: its application in the study of hypertension.
Cold-pressor test.
1932
#12278
Studies in the metabolism of sodium r-lactate. 1. Response of normal human subjects to the intravenous injection of sodium r-lactate. 2. Response of human subjects with acidosis to the intravenous injection of sodium r-lactate. 3. Reponse of human subjects with liver damage, disturbed mineral and water balance, and renal insufficiency to the intravenous injection ofsodium r-lactate.
Hartman added sodium lactate to the standard Ringer's solution to form Ringer's lactate solution, also known as Hartmann's solution.
1933
#1570.1
Über den Knall und die Theorie des Hörens.
In 1961 Békésy was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea." English translation in Békésy, Experiments in hearing, 1960.
1933
#1924.2
Cellule enterocromaffini e cellule basigranulose acidofile nei vertebrati. (Ricerche istochimiche.)
Vialli and Erspamer reported “enteramine”, which Erspamer and B. Asero (Nature, Lond., 1952, 169, 800-01) found to be identical with 5-hydroxytryptamine, isolated and named serotonin by M. M. Rapport et al. in 1948 (J…
1933
#1535
Vitamin A in the retina.
Through his research on xerophthalmia, karatomalacia and night blindness Wald revealed the critical function of vitamin A in normal vision and visual pathology. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and their inter…
1933
#2718
The circulation time in various clinical conditions determined by the use of sodium dehydrocholate.
Use of decholin sodium for estimation of circulation time. With B. S. Oppenheimer and R. V. Sagar.
1933
#4400.3
Operative arrestment of longitudinal growth of bones in the treatment of deformities.
Epiphysiodesis to inhibit bone growth of a longer leg.
1934
#1580
The story of the development of our ideas of chemical mediation of nerve impulses.
1934
#533
A history of embryology.
An exhaustive history of the subject. Deals with embryology from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19th century and includes a valuable bibliography and many illustrations. Second edition, with the assistance…
1934
#1201
Über die Synthese des Testikelhormons (Androsteron) und Stereoisomerer desselben durch Abbau hydrierter Sterine.
First complete synthesis of a sex hormone (androsterone). With M. W. Goldberg, J. Meyer, H. Brüngger, and E. Eichenberger. In 1939 Ruzicka shared the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Butenandt (No. 1195) "for his wo…
1934
#2719
Studies on experimental hypertension. 1. The production of persistent elevation of systolic blood pressure by means of renal ischemia.
Goldblatt discovered the role of the kidneys in the regulation of blood pressure. This was the first of Goldblatt’s papers on experimental hypertension, which established an aetiologic role for renal ischemia in the p…
1934
#6622.1
John Keats’s anatomical and physiological note book …edited by Maurice Buxton Forman.
Keats was a pupil and dresser at Guy’s Hospital from 1815-16, and was licensed to practice upon completion of his studies. While struggling to launch his poetic career he was often tempted to practice medicine, but ne…
1935
#858.1
An apparatus for the culture of whole organs.
In 1931, the year before his son’s sensational kidnapping, the celebrity aviator began working with Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute on a perfusion pump which would allow the cultivation of whole organs in v…
1935
#1581
Geschichte der physiologischen Chemie.
Reprinted, Hildesheim, 1970.
1935
#753
Ibn an Nafis und seine Theorie des Lungenkreislaufs.
Ibn-al-Nafis, a Syrian physician, described the lesser circulation in his commentary on the anatomy of the Canon of Avicenna, 1268. This was discovered in three Arabic MSS by Mohyi el Din el Tatawi, who included a Ger…
1935
#1949
Ein Beitrag zur Chemotherapie der bakteriellen Infektionen.
Introduction of Prontosil, the first drug containing sulfanilamide. In 1939 Domagk was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil."
1935
#11516
A bibliography of two Oxford physiologists: Richard Lower 1631-1691, John Mayow 1643-1679
1935
#14370
Der Kumpan in der Umwelt des Vogels - Der Artgenosse als auslösendes Moment sozialer Verhaltensweisen.
This paper is often considered the foundational text and conceptual bedrock for ethology, the scientific study of animal behavior. Lorenz concentrated his studies in the bird populations. He analyzed social behavior i…
1936
#1153
Über Bestandteile der Nebennieren-Rinde. VI. Trennungsmethoden sowie Isolierung der Substanzen Fa, H, und j.
Isolation of Compound Fa, identical with Compounds E and F. "In the mid-1930s Edward Kendall and Tadeus Reichstein succeeded in isolating and analyzing the composition of a number of similar hormones derived from the …
1936
#2720
The blood cyanates in the treatment of hypertension.
Barker made thiocyanate treatment a practical proposition in hypertension.
1936
#4905
Essai d’un traitement chirurgical de certaines psychoses.
Prefrontal leucotomy (lobotomy). Translation in J. Neurosurg., 1964, 21, 1110-14. See also Egas Moniz's book Tentatives opératoires dans le traitement de certaines psychoses, Paris, 1936. His name was originally Anton…
1936
#7346
Quantitative und qualitative Untersuchungen über den Sympathicusstoff*. Zugleich XIV. Mitteilung über humorale Übertragung der Herznervenwirkung Ausgeführt mit Unterstützung der -Stiftung.
In this paper Loewi proved that the cardioexcitatory neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nerves is adrenaline, or actually noradrenaline.
1936
#12400
Harvey, iniciador del método experimental.
First edition in Spanish of De motu cordis as well as a facsimile of the first edition. "Contains an important historical review of the circulation with particular reference to Servetus and to the Spanish reception of…
1937
#751.1
Citric acid in intermediate metabolism in animal tissues.
Citric acid cycle (CAC) of aerobic carbohydrate metabolism (Krebs cycle). Three months after his initial publication on CAC Krebs published a supplementary paper aimed at the medical audience, rather than the biochemi…
1937
#1925
Action protectrice des éthers phénoliques au cours de l’intoxication histaminique.
First description of structure and action of an antihistamine. In 1957 Bovet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certai…
1937
#4402
The effects on bone of the presence of metals; based upon electrolysis. An experimental study.
Introduction of vitallium. With W. Stuck and A. Beach.
1937
#5987
Developmental abnormalities of the eye.
1937
#5467
The use of yellow fever virus modified by in vitro cultivation for human immunization.
Immunization without the use of immune serum. In 1951 Theiler was awared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of an effective vaccine against yellow fever." This was the first Nobel Prize award…
1938
#1532
The responses of single optic nerve fibers of the vertebrate eye to illumination of the retina.
Hartline continued and extended the work initiated by Adrian and Matthews on electrical discharges from the optic nerve. See also his later papers In the same journal, 1940, 130, 690-711. Reprinted with historical int…
1938
#11179
Recherches sur l'embryologie du système central de l'homme.
1938
#12398
William Harvey, physician and biologist: His precursors, opponents and successors. Parts I-V.
"The most comprehensive bibliographical reference work on the history of the circulation" (Bedford 200).
1939
#800
STANDARDIZATION of methods of measuring the arterial blood pressure. A joint report of the committees appointed by the Cardiac Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the American Heart Association.
Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
1939
#1081
The isolation of vitamin K1.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Binkley, MacCorquodale, Thayer, Doisy. In 1943 Doisy received half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K."…
1939
#1310.1
Action potentials recorded from inside a nerve fibre.
Hodgkin and Huxley were the first to succeed in inserting electrodes into a living giant nerve fiber and to measure directly the action potential within it. In 1963 Hodgkin and Huxley shared the Nobel Prize in Physiol…
1939
#531.1
Gewebeaffinität, ein Mittel der embryonalen Formbildung.
Tissue affinity as a means of embryonic morphogenesis. English translation in No. 534.3.
1939
#534
The rise of embryology.
Includes a fine bibliography.
1939
#2722
Circulatory diseases of the extremities.
1939
#7158
Fused neurons and synaptic contacts in the giant nerve fibers of cephalopods.
Young discovered the squid giant synapse, a chemical synapse found in squid, and the largest chemical junction in nature.
1939
#14053
A preliminary atlas of early human fetal activity.
The first published photographic study of fetal physiology using live human fetuses. Includes 20 full-age photographic plates, each with 6-12 images (189 total). The fetuses, all between 8.5 and 14 weeks gestation, we…
1940
#1934
Penicillin as a chemotherapeutic agent.
Proof of the therapeutic action in vivo of penicillin against streptococcal and other bacterial infections. Building upon Fleming’s work (No. 1933 and 10784), the consequences of which had originally been widely unapp…
1941
#2871
Catheterization of the right auricle in man.
First investigations with the cardiac catheter as a clinical method of investigation. In 1956 Cournand in 1956 shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Forssmann (No. 2858) and Richards (No. 2883.2) "for …
1941
#4276
Studies on prostatic cancer. I. The effect of castration, of estrogen, and of androgen injection on serum phosphatases in metastatic carcinoma of the prostate.
In 1966 Huggins was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering in 1941 "for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer."
1941
#254.3
Genetic control of biochemical reactions in Neurospora.
Beadle and Tatum proposed the "one gene, one enzyme" hypothesis in 1941. This was a restatement of ideas originally proposed by Archibald Garrod (No. 244.1) in 1908. 1958 Beadle and Tatum shared the Nobel Prize in Phy…
1942
#532
Some aspects of early human development.
Report of the youngest normal implanted fertilized human ovum, fertilization age about 7 1/2 days. Hertig and Rock published a more detailed study in Contr. Embryol. Carneg. Instn. 1945, 31, 65-84.
1942
#14239
On the utilization of acetic acid for cholesterol formation.
See also, Rittenberg & Bloch, "The Utilization of Acetic Acid for the Synthesis of Fatty Acids," J. Biol. Chem. 160, 1945, 417-424. Bloch, "The Biological Conversion of Cholesterol to Pregnanediol," J. Biol. Chem. 157…
1943
#12192
Barometric pressure: Researches in experimental physiology. Translated from the French by Mary Alice Hitchcock and Fred A. Hitchcock. [Foreward by John F. Fulton].
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1944
#859
