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1959

#6637

The story of the growth of nursing as an art, a vocation, and a profession. Fifth edition.

PAVEY, Agnes Elizabeth (1889 – )

1959

#6638

The history of nursing: An interpretation of the social and medical factors involved.

SHRYOCK, Richard Harrison (1893 – 1972)

1959

#8757

Dictionary of medical slang and related esoteric expressions.

SCHMIDT, Jacob Edward

This book by the physician chairman of the National Association on Standard Medical Vocabulary includes many terms and phrases that were found in any other dictionary with the word medical in the title. Digital facsim…

1960

#6639

A history of the nursing profession.

ABEL-SMITH, Brian (1926 – 1996)

Covers England and Wales only.

1961

#8421

A chronological census of Renaissance editions and translations of Galen.

GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) DURLING, Richard Jasper (1932 – 1999)

Digital facsimile from Jstor at this link.

1961

#12015

No time for prejudice: A story of the integration of negroes in nursing in the United States.

STAUPERS, Mabel Keaton

Primarily a history of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses [NACGN], which existed for the express purpose of "promoting unity within the nursing profession and furthering the cause of democracy." Integ…

1962

#7517

Les reflets de la sphygmologie chinoise dans la médecine occidentale.

GRMEK, Mirko Dražen (1924 – 2000)

1962

#10506

Atlas of the British flora.

PERRING, Franklyn (1927 – 2003) WALTERS, Stuart Max (1920 – 2005)

A pioneering large-scale project in plant distribution cartography, containing 10-km square distribution maps for all non-critical native and frequently occurring alien vascular plant species found in Britain and Irel…

1962

#13164

A bio-bibliography of Florence Nightingale.

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820 – 1910)
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820 – 1910) BISHOP, William John (1903 – 1961) GOLDIE, Sue M.

Completed and edited for publication by Sue M. Goldie after the death of William J. Bishop.

1963

#6805

Wörtenbuch der klinischen Syndrome. 3te. Auflage.

LIEBER, Bernfried (1919 – 2003) OLBRICH, Gertrude

5th ed., 1972.

1963 –1966

#273

Geschichte der Mikroskopie. 3 vols.

FREUND, Hugo BERG, Alexander

A biographical history.

1964

#3161.1

The history of electrocardiography.

BURCH, George Edward (1910 – 1986) DEPASQUALE, Nicholas P. (1927 – 2018)

Reprinted with new introduction by Joel D. Howell, San Francisco, Norman Publishing, 1990.

1964

#12693

Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564.

O’MALLEY, Charles Donald (1907 – 1970)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)

1965

#6491.2

A story of medicine and pharmacy in India. Pharmacy 2000 years ago and after.

SANYAL, Promode Kumar (1913 – 1994)

A short history of the four systems of medicine practiced in India.

1965 –1995

#14361

Theoprast von Hohenheim Gennant Paracelsus sämtliche Werke. Edited by Kurt Goldammer.

PARACELSUS, [Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim] (1493 – 1541) GOLDHAMMER, Kurt (1916 – 1997)

Annotation from the Zurich Paracelsus Edition online: "After the failure of the Matthiessen edition of Paracelsus' theological writings in 1935, Sudhoff succeeded in engaging the newly appointed Leipzig professor of t…

1966

#11105

Antibiotic susceptibility testing by a standardized single disk method.

BAUER, Alfred W. KIRBY, W. M. M. SHERRIS, John C. & et al.

The disk diffusion test, or agar diffusion test, or Kirby–Bauer test (disc-diffusion antibiotic susceptibility test, disc-diffusion antibiotic sensitivity test, KB test), for the antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria. (T…

1967

#2419.4

Haemagglutination test utilizing pathogenic Treponema pallidum for the sero-diagnosis of syphilis.

RATHLEV, Tara (1927 – 2009)

Treponemal hemagglutination (TPHA) test.

1967

#5509.4

Rubella-virus hemagglutination-inhibition test.

STEWART, George Louis (1936 – ) & et al.

With five co-authors.

1967

#273.1

The evolution of the microscope.

BRADBURY, Savile (1931 – 2001)

1967

#7699

Sémiologie graphique: Les diagrammes. Les reseaux. Les cartes.

BERTIN, Jacques (1918 – 2010)
BERTIN, Jacques (1918 – 2010)

Foundational work in design and cartography concerning the graphic display of quantitative information. Includes display of medical or statistical information. Translated into English by William J. Berg as Semiology o…

1968

#6639.1

A bibliography of nursing literature, 1859-1960.

THOMPSON, Alice Mary Charlotte (1907 – 1981)

Includes sections on history and biography. Supplement 1961-70, 1974.

1968

#6806

Die klinische Eponyme.

LIEBER, Bernfried (1919 – 2003) OLBERT, Theodor

1968

#6807

Familiar medical quotations.

STRAUSS, Maurice Benjamin (1904 – )

Over 7,000 quotations, arranged under broad subject headings; author and subject indexes.

1968

#273.2

Early history of the electron microscope.

MARTON, Ladislaus Laslo (1901 – 1979)

1968 –1975

#12442

Lexikon zur Arzneimittelgeschichte. Sachwörterbuch zur Geschichte der pharmazeutische Botanik, Chemie, Mineralogie, Pharmakologie, Zoologie. Band 1: Tierische Drogen, Band 2: Pharmakologische Arzneimittelgruppen, Band 3: Pharmazeutische Chemikalien und Mineralien, Band 4: Geheimmittel und Spezialitäten, Band 5: Pflanzliche Drogen, Band 6: Ergänzungen zu Band 3, Band 7: Register. (7 vols. in 9)

SCHNEIDER, Wolfgang (1912 – 2007)

1969

#6808

Illustrated dictionary of eponymic syndromes and diseases and their synonyms.

JABLONSKI, Stanley (1916 – 2004)

Second edition as Jablonski’s Dictionary of syndromes and eponymic diseases, Malabar, Fl., Krieger, 1989.

1969

#6610.8

Das Bild des Kranken. Die Darstellung äusserer Veränderungen Durch innere Leiden und ihrer Heilmassnahmen von der Renaissance bis in unsere Zeit.

VOGT, Helmut

1969

#10611

Computerized mapping of disease and environmental data. A report of the Mapping of Disease (MOD) Project.

HOPPS, Howard C.

This appears to be the earliest monograph on computerized disease mapping. At the time the research was conducted both computer graphics processing and data output in mainframe computers were inadequate for drawing al…

1971

#6809

Dictionary of medical syndromes.

MAGALINI, Sergio (1927 – )

Second edition with E. Scrasia, 1981.

1971

#7405

Histology of the human eye.

HOGAN, Michael J. (1907 – 1976) ALVARADO, Jorge A. WEDDELL, Joan Esperson

Hogan and Alvarado's work was the first book on histology of the eye to include electron microscopy. It also reproduced spectacular three-dimensional representations of ocular ultrastructures by Joan Esperson Weddell.

1971

#12601

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Quantitative assay of immunoglobulin G.

PERLMANN, Peter (1919 – 2005)
ENGVALL, Eva (1940 – )
ENGVALL, Eva (1940 – )

Perlmann (principal investigator) and Engvall conceptualized and developed the very commonly used enzyme-lined immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that uses antibodies to detect proteins and other different immunogens. The as…

1972

#10505

Medical geography: Techniques and field studies. Ediited by N. D. McGlashan

MCGLASHAN, Neil D.

Chapter 5: "Computers and mapping in medical geography" by R. W. Armstrong appears to be one of the earliest reviews of this subject.

1975

#14182

Three-dimensional model of purple membrane obtained by electron microscopy.

HENDERSON, Richard (1945 – )
HENDERSON, Richard (1945 – ) UNWIN, Peter Nigel Tripp

The invention of Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The novel technique was achieved by "by applying the method to tilted specimens, and using the principles put forward by De Rosier and Klug (GM - 13935), for t…

1976

#8497

Asian medical systems: A comparative study, edited by Charles Leslie.

LESLIE, Charles Miller (1923 – 2009)

1976

#14222

Correlation of glucose regulation and hemoglobin AIc in diabetes mellitus.

KOENIG, Ronald Jay PETERSON, Charles M.
CERAMI, Anthony (1940 – )
CERAMI, Anthony (1940 – ) & et al.

The authors studied 5 diabetic patients and first realized that A1c was an ideal index to reveal the overall control of a patient’s blood sugar over the past several months before a doctor’s visit. They were the first…

1978

#567.2

A history of microtechnique: The evolution of the microtome and the development of tissue preparation.

BRACEGIRDLE, Brian (1933 – 2015)

1979

#8128

Medical ethics in imperial China: A study in historical anthropology.

UNSCHULD, Paul Ulrich (1943 – )

The first comprehensive history of explicity medical ethics in pre-modern China, spans the period from 500 BCE through the 19th century and provides literal translations of all accessible codes of ethics in the known …

1979

#9769

Health, medicine and mortality in the sixteenth century. Edited by Charles Webster.

WEBSTER, Charles

Chapter 11 is an analysis of the life and work of librarian and key early pioneer in medical informatics, Sanford V. Larkey by Margaret Pelling. Another chapter, by Paul Slack, “Mirrors of health and treasures of poor…

1980

#366.1

Corpus of the anatomical studies in the collection…at Windsor Castle. Edited by K.D. Keele and C. Pedretti. 3 vols.

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 – 1519)
LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 – 1519) KEELE, Kenneth David (1909 – 1987) PEDRETTI, Carlo (1928 – 2018)

Splendid edition reproducing all of the drawings in color, and with the original chronology and integrity of the drawings restored. Text provides transliteration of Leonardo’s notes in the original Italian plus Englis…

1980

#6374.9

Celestial lancets: A history and rationale of acupuncture and moxa.

NEEDHAM, Joseph Terence Montgomery (1900 – 1995) LU, Gwei-djen (1904 – 1991)

A section of Needham’s Science and civilisation in China series, separately published. Includes the best bibliography of early Western treatises on acupuncture.

1980

#8999

Civil war nurse: The diary and letters of Hannah Ropes. Edited with an introduction and commentary by John R. Brumgardt.

ROPES, Hannah (1809 – )
ROPES, Hannah (1809 – ) BRUMGARDT, John R.

1980

#12961

Caraka Samhita: A scientific synopsis.

RÂY, Priyadaranjan (1888 – 1982) GUPTA, Hirendra Nath

1980

#12962

Suśruta Samhita: A scientific synopsis

RÂY, Priyadaranjan (1888 – 1982) GUPTA, Hirendra Nath ROY, Mira

1981

#6958

The Manchu anatomy and its historical origin. With annotations and translations by John B. de C. M. Saunders and Francis R. Lee.

PARENNIN, Dominique (1665 – 1741) SAUNDERS, John Bertrand deCusance Morant (1903 – 1991) LEE, Francis Ruey-Shuang (1929 – 2008)

The Anatomie Manchoue, a series of graphic illustrations taken from Western anatomical works, with notes in the Manchu-Tungus language. This was compiled under the supervision of Father Parrenin, a French Jesuit worki…

1981

#14183

Computer averaging of electron micrographs of the 405 ribosomal subunit.

FRANK, Joachim (1940 – )
FRANK, Joachim (1940 – ) VERSCHOOR, Adriana BOUBLIK, Miloslav (1929 – 1994)

Frank and colleagues developed a method that allows sorting of particle images into classes based on their orientation, as well as their structural features. Specifically Frank developed mathematical tools used for im…

1982

#9365

The web that has no weaver: Understanding Chinese medicine.

KAPTCHUK, Ted J. (1947 – )
KAPTCHUK, Ted J. (1947 – )

1983

#272

History of staining by Harold J. Cohn. 3rd edition by George C. Lusk and Frederick H.Kasten.

CONN, Harold Joel (1886 – 1975) KASTEN, Frederick H. (1927 – 2014) LUSK, George C.

1984

#14184

Cryo-electron microscopy of viruses.

DUBOCHET, Jacques (1942 – )
DUBOCHET, Jacques (1942 – ) ADRIAN, Marc LEPAULT, Jean & et al.

Dubochet and colleagues introduced "Dubochet's vitrification method" to vitrify water by cooling it so rapidly that it solidified to form a glass instead of crystals. Using this method, the authors published the first…

1985

#6639.11

Nursing: the finest art. An illustrated history.

DONAHUE, Mary Patricia (1925 – )

The most elaborately illustrated history available.

1985

#6495.4

Medicine in China: A history of ideas.

UNSCHULD, Paul Ulrich (1943 – )

The first comprehensive and analytical history of therapeutic concepts and practices in China, encompassing all aspects of Chinese medicine over 3500 years. Approximately one third of the work consists of primary text…