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1932

#6460

Medicine among the American Indians.

STONE, Eric Percy (1892 – )

Reprinted, New York, Hafner, 1962.

1932

#5257

Zur Weiterentwicklung synthetisch dargestellter Malariamittel. I. Ueber die chemotherapeutische Wirkung des Atebrin.

KIKUTH, Walter (1896 – 1968)

Introduction of atebrin (mepacrine, quinacrine).

1932

#7003

The Swimmer manuscript. Cherokee sacred formulas and medicinal prescriptions, by James Mooney, revised, completed and edited by Frans M. Olbrechts. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 99.

MOONEY, James (1861 – 1921)
MOONEY, James (1861 – 1921) OLBRECHTS, Frans Maria (1899 – 1958)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1932 –1937

#7163

The abridged version of "The book of simple drugs" of Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghāfiqī by Gregorius abu l-Faraj (Bar Hebraeus). Edited from the only two known manuscripts with an English translation, commentary and indices by M. Meyerhof and G. P. Sobhy Bey. 2 pts.

MEYERHOF, Max (1874 – 1945) AL-GHAFIQI, Muhammad ibn Aslam ( – 1165) BAR HEBRAEUS, Gregory (1226 – 1286)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1932

#9283

The ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians. M.A. thesis.

SWANK, George R.

1932

#9295

Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians.

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

Digital facsimile from nwic.edu at this link.

1932

#10784

On the specific antibacterial properties of penicillin and potassium tellurite. Incorporating a method of demonstrating some bacterial antagonisms.

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

In this paper Fleming first described the use of penicillin as an antibacterial agent in man, and reported on experiments using it as a wound dressing for septic wounds. He also corrected the species name from Penicil…

1933

#2028.41

Origine e vicende della trasfusione del sangue. Considerazioni storico-critche.

SIMILI, Alessandro (1901 – 1977)

1933

#2089

Die wichtigsten Vergiftungen. Fortschritte in deren Erkennung und Behandlung.

LESCHKE, Erich Friedrich Wilhelm (1877 – 1933)

1933

#1923

The pharmacological action of an alkaloid obtained from Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. A preliminary note.

CHOPRA, Ram Nath (1882 – 1973) & et al.

R. N. Chopra, J. C. Gupta, and B. Mukherjee demonstrated the sedative and hypotensive effect of an alkaloid isolated from Rauwolfia serpentina (reserpine).

1933

#1924

The mode of action of drugs on cells.

CLARK, Alfred Joseph (1885 – 1941)
CLARK, Alfred Joseph (1885 – 1941)

1933

#1924.1

The fibrinolytic activity of hemolytic streptococci.

TILLETT, William Smith (1892 – 1974) GARNER, Raymond Loraine (1906 – )

Tillett and Garner discovered a substance elaborated by a strain of haemolytic streptococcus which promoted lysis of fibrin and is now known as streptokinase.

1933

#1924.2

Cellule enterocromaffini e cellule basigranulose acidofile nei vertebrati. (Ricerche istochimiche.)

VIALLI, Maffo (1897 – 1983)
ERSPAMER, Vittorio (1909 – 1999)
ERSPAMER, Vittorio (1909 – 1999)

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

#6621

Bouquet poëtique des médecins, chirurgiens, dentistes et apothicaires.

PIA, Pascal (1903 – 1979)

1933

#9348

Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians.

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

Digital facsimile from swsbm.com at this link.

1933

#11233

A catalogue of the works of Linnaeus (and publications more immediately relating thereto) perserved in the libraries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury) and the British Museum (Natural History) (South Kennsington). Second edition

LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778)
LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778) SOULSBY, Basil H. (1864 – 1933)

Includes a vast number of works theses and orations, of works edited by or supervised by Linnaeus or written with his cooperation. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1933

#12802

Las plantas medicinales de México.

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, Maximino (1888 – 1964)

Contains information on 833 species.

1934

#1039

Ueber die pharmakodynamischen Wirkungen und chemischen Eigenschaften des Secretins.

ÅGREN, Karl Gunnar (1907 – 1982)

Preparation of crystalline secretin.

1934

#2415

An experimental study of mapharsen (meta-amino para-hydroxy phenyl arsine oxide) as an antisyphilitic agent.

TATUM, Arthur Lawrie (1884 – 1955) COOPER, Garrett Arthur (1904 – )

Introduction of mapharsen.

1934

#3093

The haemostatic possibilities of snake-venom.

MACFARLANE, Robert Gwyn (1907 – 1987)
MACFARLANE, Robert Gwyn (1907 – 1987) BARNETT, Burgess (1888 – 1944)

Snake venom used in the treatment of hemophilia.

1934

#4960

Schizophreniebehandlung mittels Insulin-Hypoglykämie sowie hypoglykämischer Schocks.

SAKEL, Manfred Joshua (1900 – 1957)

Insulin shock therapy of schizophrenia. Sakel wrote several subsequent papers on this subject in the same journal. English version in Amer. J. Psychiat., 1937, 93, 829-41.

1934

#8533

Tuhfat al-ahbāb: Glossaire de la matière médicale Marocaine.

RENAUD, Henri-Paul-Joseph (1881 – 1945) COLIN, Georges Séraphin (1893 – 1977)

1934

#8564

The Greek herbal of Dioscorides, illustrated by a Byzantine, A.D. 512; Englished by John Goodyer, A.D. 1655; edited and first printed, A.D. 1933, by Robert T. Gunther ... with three hundred and ninety-six illustrations.

DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90)
DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90) GOODYER, John (1592 – 1664)
GUNTHER, Robert William Theodore (1869 – 1940)
GUNTHER, Robert William Theodore (1869 – 1940)

Goodyer's translation is considered more of a paraphrase than a translation.

1935

#2022

Procedure and apparatus for preservation in “lyophile” form of serum and other biological substances.

FLOSDORF, Earl William (1904 – 1958) MUDD, Stuart (1893 – 1975)

1935

#2023

Continuous drip blood transfusion.

MARRIOTT, Hugh Leslie (1900 – 1983) KEKWICK, Alan (1909 – 1974)

Introduction of the slow-drip method of blood transfusion.

1935

#2057

Grundriss der Geschichte der deutschen Pharmazie.

URDANG, George (1882 – 1960) ADLUNG, Alfred Artur Max (1875 – 1937)

1935

#1949

Ein Beitrag zur Chemotherapie der bakteriellen Infektionen.

DOMAGK, Gerhard Johannes Paul (1895 – 1964)
DOMAGK, Gerhard Johannes Paul (1895 – 1964)

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

#1950

Activité du p-aminophénylsulfamide sur les infections streptococciques expérimentales de la souris et du lapin.

BOVET, Daniel (1907 – 1992)
BOVET, Daniel (1907 – 1992) TRÉFOUËL, Jacques (1897 – 1977) TRÉFOUËL, Thérèse (1892 – 1978) NITTI, Federico (1903 – 1947)

The Tréfouëls and colleagues assumed that the sulfonamide group was responsible for the results obtained with Domagk’s Prontosil. Their work led them to introduce sulfanilamide.

1935

#4961

Versuche über die biologische Beeinflussung des Ablaufes der Schizophrenic. 1. Campher-und Cardiazolkrämpfe.

MEDUNA, Ladislas Joseph (1896 – 1964)
MEDUNA, Ladislas Joseph (1896 – 1964)

Cardiazol (metrazol) convulsion therapy of schizophrenia was introduced by Meduna in 1934.

1935

#5719

Curare.

KING, Harold (1887 – 1956)

Isolation from curare of d-tubocurarine chloride.

1935

#6230

The substance responsible for the traditional clinical effect of ergot.

DUDLEY, Harold Ward (1887 – 1935) MOIR, John Chassar (1900 – 1977)

Isolation and introduction of ergometrine.

1935

#13845

All about tea. 2 vols.

UKERS, William Harrison (1873 – 1945)

Covers the historical, technical, scientific, commercial, social and artistic dimensions of tea. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1936 –1939

#1172

The physiology and pharmacology of the pituitary body. 2 vols.

VAN DYKE, Harry Benjamin (1895 – 1971)

Includes an extensive bibliography.

1936

#2024

A new method of blood transfusion.

HEDENIUS, Per Johannes (1906 – 1981)

Heparin used in blood transfusion. See also the same journal, 88, 443-49.

1936

#2025

Transfusion of cadaver blood.

YUDIN, Sergei Sergeievich (1891 – 1954)
YUDIN, Sergei Sergeievich (1891 – 1954)

Cadaver blood used in human transfusions. Prof. Shamov of Kharkov carried out the first experimental work on transfusion of cadaver blood in 1927.

1936

#3974

Protamine insulinate.

HAGEDORN, Hans Christian (1888 – 1971) & et al.

Hagedorn created NPH insulin and founded Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium, known today as Novo Nordisk. NPH insulin is one of the earliest examples of engineering drug delivery. Hagedorn became interested in modifying the …

1936

#6281

Treatment of human puerperal infections, and of experimental infections in mice, with prontosil.

COLEBROOK, Leonard (1883 – 1967)
COLEBROOK, Leonard (1883 – 1967) KENNY, Méave

Chemotherapeutic treatment of puerperal sepsis.

1936 –1949

#6430

Histoire générale de la médecine, de la pharmacie, de l’art dentaire et de l’art véterinaire. 3 vols.

LAIGNEL-LAVASTINE, Paul-Marie Maxime (1875 – 1953)

This splendidly produced work, beautifully illustrated, was written by experts in each branch of the subject, with Laignel-Lavastine as general editor.

1936

#7919

Effect of Benzedrine sulfate on mood and fatigue in normal and neurotic persons.

MYERSON, Abraham (1881 – 1948)
MYERSON, Abraham (1881 – 1948)

Myerson, an American neurologist, psychiatrist, clinician, pathologist, and researcher, funded by Benedrine manufacturer Smith, Kline and French, promoted Benzedrine (i.e. amphetamine) as an anti-depressant, leading t…

1936

#9304

The ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache: A. the use of plants for food, beverages and narcotics. Ethnobiological studies in the American Southwest, Vol. 3. Biological series (Vol. 4, No. 5); Bulletin, University of New Mexico, whole, (No. 297).

CASTETTER, Edward Franklin (1896 – 1978) OPLER, Morris Edward (1907 – 1996)

1937

#2026

The therapy of the Cook County Hospital. Blood preservation.

FANTUS, Bernard (1874 – 1940)
FANTUS, Bernard (1874 – 1940)

Described the establishment of the first blood bank (at the Cook County Hospital).

1937

#2057.1

Naturheilkunde in Lebensbildern.

BRAUCHLE, Alfred Karl (1898 – 1964)

Mainly 19th-20th century: includes hydrotherapy, massage, and dietetics. Second edition, 1951.

1937

#2058

A history of pharmacy.

GRIER, James

1937

#1925

Action protectrice des éthers phénoliques au cours de l’intoxication histaminique.

BOVET, Daniel (1907 – 1992)
BOVET, Daniel (1907 – 1992) STAUB, Anne-Marie (1914 – 2012)

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

#1925.1

The quantitative effect of antagonistic drugs

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

Gaddum was the first to formulate the theory of competitive drug antagonism. See also No. 1917.

1937

#3661

Treatment of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver with high vitamin therapy.

PATEK, Arthur Jackson Jr. (1904 – 1991)

A pioneer paper on the dietary treatment of cirrhosis.

1937

#5213.1

La toxi-infection gonococcique expérimentale et son traitement chimiothérapique.

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

Levaditi and Vaisman showed that sulfanilamide protected mice against gonococcal infection.

1937

#5214.1

The use of sulfanilamide in gonococcic infections. Preliminary report.

DEES, John Essary (1910 – 1993) COLSTON, John Archibald Campbell (1886 – 1971)

1937

#7980

Behavior of children receiving benzedrine.

BRADLEY, Charles (1902 – 1979)

Bradley showed that racemic amphetamine, that is, the 50:50 mixture of d- and l-amphetamine isomers (Benzedrine®), was shown to reduce the impulsivity, distractibility, and inattention characteristic of Attention Defi…

1937

#9242

Useful plants and drugs of Iran and Iraq. By David Hooper with notes by Henry Field.

HOOPER, David (1858 – 1947)
FIELD, Henry (1902 – 1986)
FIELD, Henry (1902 – 1986)

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.