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1,672 entries match Pharmacology & Therapeutics [D01 / E02]
1978
#10168
The road to Eleusis: Unveiling the secret of the mysteries.
Argues that the psycho-active ingredient in the secret kykeion potion used in the Eleusinian mysteries was most likely the ergotism causing fungus Claviceps purpurea. Furthermore the book introduced the term "entheoge…
1979
#2682.54
Bloodletting instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology.
Digital facsimile from Smithsonian Research Online at this link.
1979
#7464
The illustrated herbal.
1979
#8559
Anglo-Saxon plant remedies and the Anglo-Saxons.
1979
#8595
Uses of plants for the past 500 years.
Reissued as Medicinal and other uses of North American plants: A historical survey with special reference to the Eastern Indian tribes (1989).
1979
#9158
Female complaints: Lydia Pinkham and the business of women's medicine.
"The original 1875 recipe called for unicorn root, life root, blach cohosh, pleurisy root, and fenugreek seed, but alcohol (18-20 percent) gave it a longer shelf life, and shrewd advertising assured its staying power.…
1979
#12630
Avermectins, new family of potent anthelmintic agents: Producing organism and fermentation.
The authors, lead by Omura, announced the discovery of Streptomyces avermilitis. They described the structure of avermectin, and reported preliminary observations that this drug is antiparasitic. (Order of authorship …
1979
#12631
Avermectins, new family of potent anthelminthic agents, efficacy of the B1a component.
Campbell and colleagues reported unprecedented antiparasitic effects of the agent in vivo, and that the "B1a" component of the molecule was most effective as a single oral dose. (Order of authorship in the original pu…
1979
#13697
Pharmaceutical manufacturing encyclopedia.
"Descriptions of 673 major pharmaceuticals, information having been obtained from the patent literature. Alphabetical arrangement by generic names. Each entry gives therapeutic function; chemical, common, and trade na…
1980
#8503
Mirau and his practice: A study of the ethnomedicinal repertoire of a Tanzanian herbalist.
1980
#8794
The botany and chemistry of hallucinogens. By Richard Schultes and Albert Hofmann. With a forward by Heinrich Klüver. Revised and enlarged second edition.
1980 –1990
#9495
Banks' Florilegium: A publication in thirty-four parts [plus 1 supplement] of seven hundred and thirty-eight copperplate engravings of plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage around the world in the H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771. The specimens were gathered and classified by The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Daniel Solander, and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784 after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson. 35 large folio solander boxes & 1 vol. text.
Banks' Florilegium has been called the largest fine art printing project of the 20th century. It is the first complete publication in color of the 734 folio size copperplate engravings of newly discovered plants colle…
1980
#10736
The way of the shaman: A guide to power and healing.
1981
#7760
Radiation and human health.
The first comprehensive book summarizing the evidence relating low-level ionizing radiation to cancer and other diseases.
1981
#8841
Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan.
1981
#11959
The shaping of Cambridge botany: A short history of whole-plant botany in Cambridge from the time of Ray into the present century. Published on the sequicentenary of Henslow's New Botanic Garden, 1831-1981.
1981
#11965
History of botanical science: An account of the development of botany from ancient times to the present day.
1981
#11966
The garden of eden: The botanic garden and the re-creation of paradise.
In the 15th century people still hoped that the original garden of Eden might be rediscovered, but in the 16th and 17th centuries efforts turned to collecting plants and attempting to re-create the wonder of the garde…
1981
#12177
Pflanzen, Wurzeln, Säfte, Samen. Antike Heilkunst in Miniaturen des Wiener Dioskurides.
![DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90)](/media/portraits/2028)
1981
#12776
Botanical exploration of Southern Africa: A illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora. Biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times.
1982
#8333
Das Bad in der byzantinischen Zeit.
1982
#9775
Dark paradise: Opiate addiction in America before 1940.
Enlarged edition retitled: Dark paradise: A history of opiate addiction in America (2002).
1982
#11414
Women in nineteenth century American botany; a generally unrecognized constituency.
Digital facsimile from jstor.org at this link.
1982 –1986
#11940
Die Entwicklung der Rezept- und Arzneibuchliteratur. Vol. 1: Altertum und Mittelalter. 1982. Vol. 2: Die Autoren, ihre Werke und die Fortschritte im 16. Jahrhundert. 1984 Vol. 3: Die Arzneibücher und schweizerischen Pharmakopöen vom 17.-20. Jahrhundert. 1986.
1982
#12469
Effet d’un stéroide anti-progestérone chez la femme: Interruption du cycle menstruel et de la grossesse au début.
"In April 1980, as part of a formal research project at the French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf for the development of glucocorticoid receptor antagonists, chemist Georges Teutsch synthesized mifepristone (RU-…
1982
#14018
Agrobacterium rhizogenes inserts T-DNA into the genomes of the host plant root cells.
Chilton was the first (1977) to demonstrate the presence of a fragment of Agrobacterium Ti plasmid DNA in the nuclear DNA of crown gall tissue. Her research on Agrobacterium also showed that the genes responsible for …
1983
#7210
Sertraline, 1S,4S-N-methyl-4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthylamine, a new uptake inhibitor with selectivity for serotonin.
Sertraline hydrochloride, an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class, developed by the authors of this paper at Pfizer, and marketed under the tradename Zoloft. With R. G. Browne.
1983
#9244
The Arabic materia medica of Dioscorides.
1983
#9997
A study of the English apothecary from 1660 to 1760, with special reference to the provinces.
Medical History Supplement No. 3. Digital facsimile from discovery.ucl.ac.uk at this link.
1983
#10472
Challenging man-made disease.
Hardy's "studies on beryllium began in 1945 when she started working for the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Medicine. She studied factories that produced fluorescent bulbs in Lynn, Salem, and Ipswich, Massachu…
1983
#12632
Ivermectin: A potent new antiparasitic agent.
Abstract "Ivermectin is the 22,23-dihydro derivative of avermectin B1, a macrocyclic lactone produced by an actinomycete, Streptomyces avermitilis. It is active at extremely low dosage against a wide variety of nemato…
1983
#13989
Expression of chimaeric genes transferred into plant cells using a Ti-plasmid-derived vector.
Schell and Montagu discovered the gene transfer mechanism between Agrobacterium and plants, which resulted in the development of methods to alter Agrobacterium into an efficient delivery system for gene engineering in…
1984
#2068.20
The history of lithium therapy.
1984
#7008
Modern drug use: An enquiry on historical principles.
1984
#10243
Secret passions, secret remedies: Narcotic drugs in British Society, 1820-1930.
"....The major orientation is to opium, with two chapters on its alkaloid, morphine, occasional references to cocaine, and a mention of heroin. There is an enlightening discussion of reasons for the initial acceptance…
1984
#11225
Seed physiology: Its history from antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century.
1985
#1931.8
The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th ed.
Includes useful historical information.
1985
#8203
Aphrodisiacs: The science and the myth.
1985
#8567
Dioscorides on pharmacy and medicine.
1985
#8958
Les noms de plantes dans la Rome antique.
1985
#9233
An account of the foxglove and its medical uses 1785-1985.
This work consists of a reproduction of Withering's classic text published in 1785, extensively annotated by Aronson, followed by Aronson's history of "the use of the digitalis glycosides and related compounds over th…
1985
#9889
The Traditional medical practitioner in Zimbabwe: His principles of practice and pharmacopoeia.
1985
#11377
The association between idiopathic hemolytic uremic syndrome and infection by Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Karmali, Petric, Lim. The authors discovered that a hemolytic uremic syndrome, associated with E. coli 0157-H7 (first described in No. 11376), and which could not be cu…
1985
#11509
William Withering and the Foxglove: A bicentennial selection of letters from the Osler bequest to the Royal Society of Medicine, together with a transcription of 'An Account of the Foxglove' and an introductory essay. Edited by Ronald D. Mann.
Details William Osler's acquisition of the letters and his donation of them to the Royal Society of Medicine.
1986
#8235
Galen on bloodletting: A study of the origins, development and validity of his opinions, with a translation of the three works
![GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)](/media/portraits/21)
Bloodletting is thought to have been practiced by Greek physicians of the 5th century BCE. This study includes translation of Galeni de venae sectione adversus Erasistratum liber (162-163 CE), Galeni de venae sectione…
1986
#9419
Medicine in China: A history of pharmaceutics.
1986
#9464
The therapeutic perspective: Medical practice, knowledge, and identity in America, 1820-1885.
1986
#11106
Administration of 3'-Azido-3'-Deoxythmymidine, an inhibitor of HTLV-III/LAV replication, to patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Yarchoan, Weinhold, Lyerly. The first antiviral AIDS drug, later named "Retrovir"/ Zidovudine/AZT. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
1986
#11476
New perspectives on the medical consequences of nuclear war.
Leaf helped found Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) in 1961 and became a prominent member of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). This paper highlighted "new research on estimat…
1986
#12963