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1,672 entries match Pharmacology & Therapeutics [D01 / E02]

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1926

#2051

Der Apotheker als Subjekt und Objekt der Literatur.

URDANG, George (1882 – 1960)

1926

#1912.1

Biological relations of optically isomeric substances.

CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson (1866 – 1926)
CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson (1866 – 1926)

Cushny made important contributions concerning the pharmacological action of optical isomers over a period of nearly twenty years. He summarized this work and that of others in his Charles E. Dohme Lectures, 1925.

1926

#1913

Vergleichende Messungen über die Gewöhnung des Atemzentrums an Morphin, Dicodid und Dilaudid.

GOTTLIEB, Rudolf (1864 – 1924)

Introduction of dilaudid (Hydromorphone)

1926

#1914

Actions and uses of the salicylates and cinchophen in medicine.

HANZLIK, Paul John (1885 – 1951)

Republished in book form, Baltimore, 1927.

1926

#1915

On the chemotherapy of neurosyphilis and trypanosomiasis.

LOEVENHART, Arthur Salomon (1878 – 1929) STRATMAN-THOMAS, Warren Kidwell (1894 – 1946)

Study of the effect of twelve different substances in neurosyphilis and trypanosomiasis.

1926

#1917

The action of adrenalin and ergotamine on the uterus of the rabbit.

GADDUM, Sir John Henry (1900 – 1965)
GADDUM, Sir John Henry (1900 – 1965)

Gaddum produced concentration-effect curves of antagonistic drugs, showing the dose-ratio linearly related to antagonistic concentration. See also No. 1925.1

1926

#5289

Essai de prophylaxie des trypanosomiases par des dérivés phénylarsiniques administré

LEVADITI, Constantin (1874 – 1953)
LEVADITI, Constantin (1874 – 1953)

First attempt to induce prophylaxis by chemical means in trypanosomiasis. With S. Nicolau and I. Galloway.

1926 –1927

#5256

Die Wirkung des Plasmochins auf die Vogelmalaria.

ROEHL, Wilhelm ( – 1929)

Introduction of plasmoquine (pamaquin) in the treatment of malaria.

1927

#2052

Four thousand years of pharmacy; an outline history of pharmacy.

LA WALL, Charles Herbert (1871 – 1937)

First history of pharmacy by an American. Reprinted as The curious lore of drugs and medicines, New York, Garden City Publ. Co., 1936.

1927

#2086.1

Der Meskalinrausch. Seine Geschichte und Erscheinungsweise.

BERINGER, Kurt (1893 – 1949)

The most comprehensive treatise on peyote and its active agent, mescaline, which was synthesized in 1919.

1927

#1916

The nature of the vaso-dilator constituents of certain tissue extracts.

BEST, Charles Herbert (1899 – 1978)
BEST, Charles Herbert (1899 – 1978) & et al.

Proof that histamine occurs in certain organs in amounts sufficient to account for the depressant action of extracts of these organs. With H. H. Dale, H. W. Dudley, and W. V. Thorpe.

1927

#9622

Essai de repertoire des ex-libris et fers de reliure des medecins et des pharmaciens français. Préface de ... Laignel-Lavastine.

OLIVIER, Eugène (1881 – 1864) VIALET, Gonzague (1872 – 1939)

1927

#11383

The herbal in antiquity and its transmission to later ages.

SINGER, Charles Joseph (1876 – 1960)
SINGER, Charles Joseph (1876 – 1960)

1927

#12674

Ar-Raoudat at-tibbiyya (Le jardin médical) par Ubaîd-Allah Ben Gibraîl Ben Bakhtichoû, Chrétien décédé en 1058: Texte arabe, publié pour la première fois d’après trois manuscrits conservées dans la Bibliothèque des Manuscrits.

IBN BAKHTYASHU, Abu Sa'id Ubaid Allah ( Bukhtishu, Bukhtyashu, and Bakhtshooa) (940 – 1058) SBATH, Paul (Būlus Sbāt) (1887 – 1945)

1928

#5256.1

Studies in malaria, with special references to treatment. Part IX. Plasmoquine in the treatment of malaria.

SINTON, Brigadier John Alexander (1884 – 1956) BIRD, William

Clinical trials of pamaquin.

1928

#8796

Mescal: The "divine" plant and its psychological effects. With an introduction by Macdonald Critchley.

CRITCHLEY, MacDonald (1900 – 1997) KLÜVER, Heinrich (1897 – 1979)

The first study of the psychological effects of mescaline.

1928

#9271

Use of plants by the Chippewa Indians. Smithsonian Institution-Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 44.

DENSMORE, Frances Theresa (1867 – 1957)
DENSMORE, Frances Theresa (1867 – 1957)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1928

#9289

Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians.

SMITH, Huron Herbert (1883 – 1933)
SMITH, Huron Herbert (1883 – 1933)

1928

#9943

The holy incense: A botanical, pharmacological, psychological and archaeological appreciation of the Bible.

MACHT, David Israel (1882 – 1961)
MACHT, David Israel (1882 – 1961)

1928

#10950

De retardatione accidentium senectutis cum aliis opusculis de rebus medicinalibus. Nunc primum ediderunt A. G. Little [and] E. Withington.

WITHINGTON, Edward Theodore (1860 – 1947)
BACON, Roger (1219 – 1292)
BACON, Roger (1219 – 1292) LITTLE, A. G. (1863 – 1945)

New edition edited from the 1590 printed edition in comparison with existing medieval manuscripts.

1928

#12622

Les associations microbiennes: Leurs applications thérapeutiques.

PAPACOSTAS, Georges GATÉ, Jean

This work included a 60-page chapter on bacterial inhibition by molds and antibiosis, with several hundred historical references. It appeared one year before Fleming's landmark paper.

1928

#12678

The divine origin of the craft of the herbalist.

BUDGE, Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (1857 – 1934)

A semi-popular account useful for its surveys of the earliest herbal literature: Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Greece, Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopian (Abyssinian). Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at thi…

1929 –1934

#1125

Die Hormone; ihre Physiologie und Pharmakologie. 2 vols.

TRENDELENBURG, Paul (1884 – 1931)

1929

#2054

The mystery and art of the apothecary.

THOMPSON, Charles John Samuel (1862 – 1943)
THOMPSON, Charles John Samuel (1862 – 1943)

1929

#1933

On the antibacterial action of cultures of a penicillium, with special reference to their use in the isolation of B. influenzae.

FLEMING, Sir Alexander (1881 – 1955)
FLEMING, Sir Alexander (1881 – 1955)

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

#2576.02

Hypersensitiveness to arsphenamine in guinea pigs. I. Experiments in prevention and desensitization.

SULZBERGER, Marion Baldur (1895 – 1983)

First demonstration of specific, acquired, lasting refractoriness to sensitization. This is the same or a closely related phenomenon to that demonstrated later by Burnet and Medawar under the name immune tolerance. Se…

1929

#1978

The use of a new apparatus for the prolonged administration of artificial respiration. I. A fatal case of poliomyelitis.

DRINKER, Philip (1894 – 1972)
DRINKER, Philip (1894 – 1972) MCKHANN, Charles Freemont (1930 – )

The Drinker respirator (“iron lung”).

1929

#5712

Induction of anesthesia in man by intravenous injection of sodium isoamyl-ethyl barbiturate.

ZERFAS, Leon Grotius (1897 – 1978) & et al.

Sodium amytal (Amobarbitol). With J. T. C. McCallum, H. A. Shonle, E. E. Swanson, J. B. Scott, and G. H. A. Clowes.

1929

#9247

On Chinese medicine: Drugs of Chinese pharmacies in Malaya.

HOOPER, David (1858 – 1947)

1929

#11936

Mittelalterliche Pflanzenkunde.

FISCHER, Hermann (1884 – 1936)

Reprint, with a forward by Johannes Steudel. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2001.

1929 –1931

#12146

Ticks, mites and venomous animals of medical and veterinary importance. Part 1: Medical. Part 2: Public health.

PATTON, Walter Scott (1876 – 1960) EVANS, Alwen Myfanwy (1895 – 1937)

Part 1 by Patton and the female entomologist Alwen Evans; part 2 by Patton alone.

1930

#4765

A report of progress on the use of ephedrine in a case of myasthenia gravis.

EDGEWORTH, Harriet Isabel (1892 – )

Harriet Edgeworth discovered by accident the beneficial effect of ephedrine in myasthenia gravis. Digital facsimile from jamanetwork.com at this link.

1930

#2009

Therapeutische Versuche im elektrischen Kurzwellenfeld.

SCHLIEPHAKE, Erwin Friedrich Karl Georg Heinrich Victor (1894 – 1995)

Introduction of short-wave diathermy.

1930

#1918

Ephedrine and related substances.

SCHMIDT, Carl Frederic (1893 – 1988)
CHEN, Ko Kuei (1898 – 1988)
CHEN, Ko Kuei (1898 – 1988)

A digest of the literature, together with an excellent bibliography. By their earlier work (J. Pharmacol., 1924, 24, 339-57) Chen and Schmidt aroused worldwide interest in ephedrine.

1930

#1919

Histamin: seine Pharmakologie und Bedeutung für die Humoralphysiologie.

FELDBERG, Wilhelm Siegmund (1900 – 1993)
FELDBERG, Wilhelm Siegmund (1900 – 1993) SCHILF, Erich

1930

#1920

Digoxin, a new digitalis glucoside.

SMITH, Sydney

Isolation of digoxin from Digitalis lanata.

1930

#3973

Contribución al estudio sobre la composición quimica de la insulina. Estudio de algunos cuerpos sintéticos solfurados con acción hypoglucemiante.

RUIZ, Celestino L. (1904 – ) & et al.

Discovery of the hypoglycemic effect of certain sulphonamide derivatives. With L. L. Silva and L. Libenson.

1930

#5977

Operative Behandlung von Netzhautabhebung mit Elektroendothermie und Trepanation; vorläufige Mitteilung.

LARSSON, Sven

Superficial diathermy treatment of retinal detachment. See also Arch Ophthal. (N.Y.), 1932, 7, 661-80.

1930

#7918

Clinical observations on phenylethanolamine sulfate.

ALLES, Gordon A. (1901 – 1963)

In 1929 Alles discovered the sympathomimetic properties of beta-phenyl-isopropylamine (amphetamine). With G. Piness and H. Miller.

1931

#2055

Histoire de la pharmacie à travers les âges. 2 vols.

REUTTER DE ROSEMONT, Louis (1876 – )

1931

#4399

The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggot (larva of the blow fly).

BAER, William Stevenson (1872 – 1931)

Larrey observed the therapeutic effect of maggots on wounds; W. S. Baer inaugurated the method of treating osteomyelitis by this means (“Baer therapy”).

1931

#4959

Rauwolfia serpentina, a new Indian drug for insanity and high blood pressure.

SEN, Ganneth BOSE, Katrick Chandra

Introduction of reserpine in the treatment of psychoses.

1931

#7062

A modern herbal. The medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs & trees with their modern scientific uses. With an introduction by the editor, Mrs. C. F. Leyel. 2 vols.

GRIEVE, Sophia Emma Magdalene [Maud Grieve] (1858 – 1941)
GRIEVE, Sophia Emma Magdalene [Maud Grieve] (1858 – 1941)

Online version at Botanical.com at this link.

1931

#7788

American martyrs to science through the Roentgen rays.

BROWN, Percy (1875 – 1950)

1931

#14209

U. S. Plant patent 1. Climbing or trailing rose. Filed Aug. 6, 1930. Issued Aug. 18, 1931.

BOSENBERG, Henry F. (1883 – 1962)

This was the first patent granted for a life form. In response to complaints from the nursery industry that the future of the plant breeding industry was jeopardized by the “pirating” of new plant varieties, President…

1932

#2056

Physical therapy.

COULTER, John Stanley (1885 – 1949)

“Clio medica” series.

1932 –1939

#2056.1

Geschichte der Homöopathie. 4 vols.

TISCHNER, Rudolf (1879 – 1961)

A comprehensive history, particularly for homeopathy in Germany. Includes extensive bibliographies.

1932 –1934

#1921

Handbuch der Chemotherapie. 2 vols.

FISCHL, Viktor SCHLOSSBERGER, Hans (1887 – 1960)

1932

#2654

The production of cancer by pure hydrocarbons.

COOK, Sir James Wilfred (1900 – 1975)
COOK, Sir James Wilfred (1900 – 1975)

Discovery of the carcinogenic properties of dibenzanthracene compounds. With I. Hieger, E. L. Kennaway, and W. V. Mayneord.

1932

#1979

Actuation of the inert diaphragm by a gravity method.

EVE, Frank Cecil (1871 – 1952)

Eve’s method of artificial respiration.