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

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1937

#11441

Toxicity of industrial organic solvents.

BROWNING, Ethel (1891 – 1969)

1937 –1969

#11629

Tobacco: Its history illustrated by the books, manuscripts and engravings in the library of George Arents, Jr. 5 vols. + 10 Supplements.

BROOKS, Jerome E. (1895 – 1983) ARENTS, George Jr. (1875 – 1960)

1938

#2027

An inexhaustible source of blood for transfusion, and its preservation. Preliminary report.

GOODALL, James Robert (1878 – 1947) & et al.

J. R. Goodall, F. O. Anderson, G. T. Altimas, and F. L. MacPhail pointed out the possibility of using placental blood for transfusion purposes.

1938

#2059

Herbals: their origin and evolution. A chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. 2nd edition.

ARBER, Agnes Robertson (1879 – 1960)

Includes an invaluable bibliography. Reprinted, with new introduction and additional references, 1987.

1938

#1926

The action of substances allied to 4:4'-diaminodiphenylsulphone in streptococcal and other infections in mice.

BUTTLE, Gladwin Albert Hurst (1899 – 1983) & et al.

G. A. H. Buttle, T. Dewing, G. E. Foster, W. H. Gray, S. Smith, and D. Stephenson discovered the potency of dapsone (DDS).

1938

#1951

Chemotherapy of pneumococcal and other infections with 2-(p-aminobenzenesulphonamido) pyridine.

WHITBY, Sir Lionel Ernest Howard (1895 – 1956)
WHITBY, Sir Lionel Ernest Howard (1895 – 1956)

Experimental proof of the efficacy of sulfapyridine (M & B 693) in pneumococcal pneumonia.

1938

#1952

Treatment of pneumonia with 2-(p-aminobenzenesulphonamido) pyridine.

GAISFORD, Wilfrid Fletcher (1902 – 1988) EVANS, Gladys Mary (1897 – 1973)

Clinical proof of the value of sulphapyridine. M & B 693 (sulphapyridine) treatment of pneumonia. This followed the experimental work of L. E. H. Whitby (see No. 1951).

1938

#1981

Oxygen for therapy and aviation: an apparatus for the administration of oxygen or oxygen and helium by inhalation.

LOVELACE, William Randolph II (1907 – 1965)
LOVELACE, William Randolph II (1907 – 1965)

1938

#1982

Design and construction of the masks for the oxygen inhalation apparatus.

BULBULIAN, Arthur H. (1900 – 1996)

The B. L. B. (Boothby-Lovelace-Bulbulian) mask. See also No. 1981.

1938

#4962

Un nuovo metodo di shockterapia: “L’elettroshock”. (Riassunto.)

CERLETTI, Ugo (1877 – 1963)
CERLETTI, Ugo (1877 – 1963) BINI, Lucio (1908 – 1964)

Introduction of electric convulsion therapy.

1938

#7016

Chemisch-Pharmazeutisches Bio-und Bibliographikon. Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Pharmazie durch Fritz Ferchl. 2 vols.

FERCHL, Fritz (1892 – 1953)

1938

#9339

Nuclear isomerism in element 43.

SEGRÈ, Emilio Gino (1905 – 1989)
SEABORG, Glenn Theodore (1912 – 1999)
SEABORG, Glenn Theodore (1912 – 1999)

Isolation of the metastable isotope technetium-99m, the most commonly used medical radioistope, used in tens of millions of medical diagnostic procedures annually. Segrè discovered the first artifical element Techneti…

1938

#11775

Flower and fruit prints of the 18th and Early 19th centuries: Their history, makers and uses, with a catalogue raisonné of the works in which they are found.

DUNTHORNE, Gordon

1938

#13291

The peyote cult.

LA BARRE, Raoul Weston (1911 – 1996)

The history of the study of the cult, the various botanical questions surrounding peyote, its physiological action and the various ethnological, psychological and historical questions involved in its diffusion.

1938

#13827

Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and its relation to celiac disease: A clinical and pathological study.

ANDERSEN, Dorothy Hansine (1901 – 1963)
ANDERSEN, Dorothy Hansine (1901 – 1963)

Andersen was the first to describe the characteristic cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, and to correlate it with the lung and intestinal disease prominent in CF. She also was the first to hypotheize that cystic fibrosi…

1938

#14110

Artificial fever produced by physical means; its development and application.

NEYMANN, Clarence Adolph (1887 – 1951)

Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the application of pyrotherapy in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, including syphilis. For syphilis in particular the treatment was replaced by penicillin, developed…

1939

#2010.1

Ueber die Ausbreitung und Absorption des Ultraschalls im menschlichen Gewebe und seine therapeutische Wirkung an lschias und Plexusneuralgie.

POHLMANN, R

First therapeutic use of ultrasonics. With R. Richter and E. Parow.

1939

#1927

Dolantin, ein neuartiges Spasmolytikum und Analgetikum. (Chemisches und pharmakologisches.)

EISLER, O SCHAUMANN, O

Synthesis of pethidine (dolantin) (Demoral).

1939

#1928

The pharmacological actions and therapeutic uses of some compounds related to adrenaline.

GUNN, James Andrew (1882 – 1958)
GUNN, James Andrew (1882 – 1958)

1939

#1933.1

Bactericidal effect of an extract of a soil bacillus on gram-positive cocci.

DUBOS, René Jules (1901 – 1982)
DUBOS, René Jules (1901 – 1982)

Isolation of gramicidin.

1939

#1933.2

Studies in the biochemistry of micro-organisms. LX. Griseofulvin, C17H17O6Cl, a metabolic product of Penicillium griseo-fulvum Dierckx.

OXFORD, Albert Edward & et al.

Isolation of griseofulvin. With H. Raistrick and P. Simonart.

1939

#3213

Tabakmissbrauch und Lungencarcinom.

MÜLLER, Franz Hermann

In the first case-control epidemiological study of the effects of tobacco Müller recorded a statistically significant correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. See Alfredo Morabia, "Quality, originality, …

1939

#8449

Das Arzneidrogenbuch Circa Instans in einer Fassung des XIII. Jahrhunderts aus der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen. Text und Kommentar als Beitrag zur Pflanzen- und Drogenkunde des Mittelalters by Hans Wölfel.

PLATEARIUS, Matthaeus (1130 – 1180) WÖLFEL, Hans

1939

#9323

Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Bulletin No. 15.

WHITING, Alfred Frank (1912 – 1978)

1939

#10226

Alcoholics Anonymous: The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism.

WILSON, William Griffith (1895 – 1971)

"Describes how to recover from alcoholism, primarily written by William G. "Bill W." Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). It is the originator of the seminal "twelve-step method" widely used to tr…

1940

#1811.1

The Badianus manuscript. (Codex Barberini, Latin, 241) Vatican Library. An Aztec herbal of 1552. Edited and translated by Emily W. Emmart.

CRUZ, Martin De La EMMART, Emily Walcott (1898 – ) BADIANO, Juan (1484 – 1552)

The earliest complete Mexican medical text and the only medical text known to be the work of native Aztecs. Written by an Aztec physician named by the Spanish Martin de la Cruz, and translated into Latin by another na…

1940

#1933.3

An enzyme from bacteria able to destroy penicillin.

ABRAHAM, Sir Edward Penley (1913 – 1999)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)

Penicillinase.

1940

#1934

Penicillin as a chemotherapeutic agent.

CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
FLOREY, Howard Walter (1898 – 1968)
FLOREY, Howard Walter (1898 – 1968) HEATLEY, Norman George (1911 – 2004) GARDNER, Andrew Duncan (1884 – 1977) SANDERS, A. G. JENNINGS, Margaret Augusta (1904 – 1994) ORR-EWING, J.

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…

1940

#1953

Chemotherapie akuter Infektionskrankheiten durch Ciba 3714 (Sulfanilamidothiazol).

GSELL, Otto (1902 – 1990)

First important clinical trial of sulfathiazole.

1940

#1954

Sulfanilylguanidine: a chemotherapeutic agent for intestinal infections.

MARSHALL, Eli Kennerly Jr. (1889 – 1966) & et al.

Sulphaguanidine was introduced by E. K. Marshall, A. C. Bratton, H. J. White, and J. T. Litchfield.

1940

#1955

Chemotherapy, II. Some sulfanilamido heterocycles.

ROBLIN, Richard Owen Jr. (1907 – 1985) & et al.

Synthesis of sulphamerazine, by R. O. Roblin, J. H. Williams, P. S. Winnek, and J. P. English.

1940

#1955.1

The relation of p-amniobenzoic acid to the mechanism of the action of sulphanilamide.

WOODS, Donald Devereux (1912 – 1964)

Isolation of p-aminobenzoic acid, a structural analog of sulfanilamide.

1940

#1983

Rapid absorption of substance injected into the bone marrow.

TOCANTINS, Leandro Maues (1901 – 1963)

Tocantins demonstrated the possibility of transfusion of fluids via the bone marrow. See also later paper with J. F. O’Neill, Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1941, 73, 281-87.

1940

#9278

Plants used as curatives by certain Southeastern tribes.

TAYLOR, Lyda Averill

Digital facsimile from herablstudies.net at this link.

1940

#11241

Sarh Asma Al-Uqqar (L'Explication des noms de drogues) Un glossaire de matière medicale composé par Maïmonide. Texte publié pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique

MEYERHOF, Max (1874 – 1945) MAIMONIDES, (Moses ben Maimon; מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹן‎; Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn; موسى بن ميمون‎‎ Mūsā bin Maymūn) (1135 – 1204)

1941

#2060

Fundamental errors in the early history of cinchona.

HAGGIS, Alec William (1889 – 1946)

1941

#1934.1

Further observations on penicillin.

ABRAHAM, Sir Edward Penley (1913 – 1999)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
FLOREY, Howard Walter (1898 – 1968)
FLOREY, Howard Walter (1898 – 1968) HEATLEY, Norman George (1911 – 2004) GARDNER, Andrew Duncan (1884 – 1977) JENNINGS, Margaret Augusta (1904 – 1994) FLETCHER, Charles M.

First report of the chemotherapeutic action of penicillin on humans (10 cases).

1941

#1956

Sulfadiazine. Therapeutic evaluation and toxic effects on four hundred and forty-six patients.

FINLAND, Maxwell (1902 – 1987) & et al.

Introduction of sulphadiazine. With E. Strauss and O. L. Peterson.

1941

#1957

Succinyl sulfathiazole, a new bacteriostatic agent locally active in the gastrointestinal tract.

POTH, Edgar Jacob (1899 – ) KNOTTS, Frank Louis (1912 – 1989)

Introduction of sulfasuxidine.

1941

#9281

Navajo Indian medical ethnobotany. University of New Mexico Bulletin, Anthropological Series, Vol. 3, No. 5.

WYMAN, Leland Clifton (1897 – 1988) HARRIS, Stuart K.

Digital facsimile from herbaltherapeutics.net at this link.

1941

#12823

Report of the Blood Transfusion Association concerning the Project for Supplying Blood Plasma to England, which has been carried on jointly with the American Red Cross from August, 1940, to January, 1941. Narrative account of work and medical report.

DREW, Charles Richard (1904 – 1950)
DREW, Charles Richard (1904 – 1950) & et al.

Drew discovered the method for long-term storage of blood plasma, and organized America's first large-scale blood bank. Drew's thesis for his medical degree at Columbia was entitled "Banked Blood: A Study in Blood Pre…

1942

#1958

Sulphamethazine: Clinical trial of a new sulphonamide.

MACARTNEY, Donald William & et al.

Sulfadimidine (also spelled Sulphadimidine) with G. S. Smith, R. W. Luxton, W. A. Ramsay, and J. Goldman. [Also designated as Vol. 239 by publishers of The Lancet.]

1942

#2924

The rôle of hypersensitivity in periarteritis nodosa; as indicated by seven cases developing during serum sickness and sulfonamide therapy.

RICH, Arnold Rice (1893 – 1968)

Rich considered hypersensitivity to be an important factor in the aetiology of periarteritis nodosa.

1942

#9284

A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs.

TANTAQUIDGEON, Gladys Lola (1899 – 2005)

In this publication Delaware refers to the name of the Native American people known as Lenape, or Leni Lenape, or Delaware people, rather than the U.S. state. In terms of geographical scope, the book covers traditiona…

1942

#14282

Purification of penicillin.

ABRAHAM, Sir Edward Penley (1913 – 1999)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)

Abraham and Chain first announced the purification of penicillin, a critical step before production of the drug could begin, in a two paragraph paper published on a single page of Nature on March 21, 1942. The method,…

1943

#2027.1

Advantages of a disodium-citrate-glucose mixture as a blood preservative.

LOUTIT, John Freeman (1910 – 1992)
MOLLISON, Patrick Loudon (1914 – 2012)
MOLLISON, Patrick Loudon (1914 – 2012)

This work made possible the storage of whole blood for up to three weeks.

1943

#1928.1

Partialsynthese von Alkaloiden vom Typus des Ergobasins.

STOLL, Arthur (1887 – 1971)
STOLL, Arthur (1887 – 1971)
HOFMANN, Albert (1906 – 2008)
HOFMANN, Albert (1906 – 2008)

Synthesis of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

1943

#1934.2

Penicillamine, a characteristic degradation product of penicillin.

ABRAHAM, Sir Edward Penley (1913 – 1999)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
CHAIN, Sir Ernst Boris (1906 – 1979)
ROBINSON, Sir Robert (1886 – 1975)
ROBINSON, Sir Robert (1886 – 1975) & et al.

With W. Baker.

1943

#2441

The promin treatment of leprosy. A progress report.

FAGET, Guy Henry (1891 – 1947) & et al.

Promin (sodium glucosulphone) introduced in the treatment of leprosy. With R. C. Pogge, F. A. Johansen, J. F. Dinan, B. M. Prejean, and C. G. Eccles.

1943

#2418

Penicillin treatment of early syphilis. A preliminary report.

MAHONEY, John Friend (1889 – 1957)
MAHONEY, John Friend (1889 – 1957) ARNOLD, Richard C. (1906 – 1992) HARRIS, Ad

Mahoney and colleagues introduced penicillin in treatment of syphilis. This was the report of the first four cases of patients with early stages of the disease. Digital facsimile of the version published in the the Am…