United Kingdom
2,632 entries published in United Kingdom. 64 publication places.
1869
#226
Hereditary genius.
Galton investigated the families of great men and suggested that genius was hereditary, and thus founded the science of Eugenics, although he did not coin the word until 1883 (see No. 230). Karl Pearson’s, The life, l…
1869
#4540
On an interesting series of eye symptoms in a case of spinal disease, with remarks on the action of belladonna on the iris.
“Argyll Robertson pupil” first described. See also his later paper in the same journal, 1869, 15, 487-93. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1937, 1, 851-76.
1869
#12126
The nomenclature of diseases drawn up by a joint committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians of London. (Subject to decennial revision).
"The first authoritative source of disease terminology, with the names in English, Latin, French, German and Italian. Standardization of disease terminology was necessary for accurate recording and study of mortality,…
1870
#1619
On the effects of the antiseptic system of treatment upon the salubrity of a surgical hospital.
1870
#228
Contributions to the theory of natural selection.
Reprints, with important revisions and additions, nine important papers concerning natural selection, which had previously appeared in journals, and publishes for the first time a major paper on The limits of natural …
1870
#2768
On the etiology and prevalence of diseases of the heart among soldiers.
First description of “Da Costa’s syndrome” – the “effort syndrome” of Sir Thomas Lewis.
1870
#10567
The religious system of the Amazulu. Izinyanga zokubula; or, divination, as existing among the Amazulu, in their own words, with a translation into English, and notes.
Callaway, a surgeon turned missionary and bishop of the Diocese of Natal, may have been the first to publish actual transcriptions of Zulu divination, including indigenous medical beliefs and practices, in their origi…
1871
#338
A manual of the anatomy of vertebrated animals.
Huxley was among those who refuted Owen’s theory of the vertebral skull.
1871
#170
The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 2 vols.
This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for humans while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selectio…
1871
#172
Primitive culture: Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom. 2 vols.
The standard work on primitive religion for many years. Tylor approached his subject from the point of view of psychology, exploring the nature of belief in spirits, omens, magic, etc. His work has important ties with…
1871
#3278
Essay on growths in the larynx.
An analysis of 100 of Mackenzie’s own cases.
1871 –1878
#3994
Lectures on dermatology. 4 vols.
Erasmus Wilson gave the original descriptions of several cutaneous diseases, and made a fine collection of dermatological preparations. He classified skin diseases on an anatomical basis. The above book consists of hi…
1871
#4339.1
On bone-setting (so-called), and its relation to the treatment of joints crippled by injury, rheumatism, inflammation, etc.
The first work on manipulation written by a physician. Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
1871
#9655
Contributions towards the materia medica & natural history of China for the use of medical missionaries & native medical students.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1871
#11545
On the use of the ophthalmoscope in diseases of the nervous system and of the kidneys; also in certain other general disorders.
One of the earliest works on the wider appications of the ophthalmoscope. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1871
#12475
Notes on the natural history of the Strait of Magellan and the west coast of Patagonia made during the voyage of HMS 'Nassau' in the years 1866, 67, 68, & 69.
Cunningham, a physician, was naturalist aboard the Nassau, a steamer sent to survey the Strait of Magellan and the adjacent channels. This book contains a narrative of the voyage and natural history descriptions. Cunn…
1871
#13216
The ornithology of Shakespeare. Critically examined, explained, and illustrated.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1872
#2105
The thanatophidia of India. Being a Description of the venomous snakes of the Indian Peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life and a series of experiments
Considered the first systematic work on venomous snakes. Describes all the venomous snakes of India. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1872
#5111.2
Annals of cholera: from the earliest periods to the year 1817.
1872
#4975
The expression of the emotions in man and animals.
Darwin examined the causes, physiological and psychological, of all the fundamental emotions in man and animals. He concluded that “the chief expressive actions exhibited by man and by the lower animals are now innate…
1872
#6649.91
Medical women: Two essays. I. Medicine as a profession for women. II. Medical education for women
From the time of her admission to medical school Jex-Blake became virtually the leader of the movement in Great Britain to open the medical profession to women. Greatly expanded second edition, Edinburgh, 1886.
1872
#6282
English midwives.
Reprinted with biographical sketch by J. L. Thornton, London, 1967.
1872
#7831
Descriptive catalogue of the teratological series in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1872
#8972
Air and rain. The beginnings of a chemical climatology.
In this work on the industrial causes of pollution Smith coined the term acid rain. "The corrosive effect of polluted, acidic city air on limestone and marble was noted in the 17th century by John Evelyn, who remarked…
1872
#12187
Illustrations of the influence of the mind upon the body in health and disease, designed to elucidate the action of the imagination.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1872
#13353
Tortoises, terrapins, and turtles drawn from life
Though not credited on the title page, Thomas Bell was superintendent of the plates and the intended author of this work. James de Carle Sowerby created the original paintings. Edward Lear drew the plates on stone. Fo…
1873
#2587
On megrim, sick-headache, and some allied disorders.
Liveing’s classic account of migraine showed the close association of this condition with tetany, asthma, and false angina pectoris, with epilepsy, and the alternation of all these conditions in the same subject or th…
1873
#628
Principles of animal mechanics.
Haughton stated that the muscular mechanism is so arranged that its work is carried out with the minimum of muscular contraction. This he called the “principle of least action”. His opposition to Darwinism is especial…
1873 –1881
#173
Descriptive sociology: A cyclopaedia of facts; representing the constitution of every type and grade of human society, past and present, stationary and progressive; classified and tabulated for easy comparison and convenient study of the relations of social phenomena. 8 pts.
Spencer founded and edited this series.
1873
#2588
Experimental researches on the causes and nature of catarrhus aestivus.
Blackley showed that pollen can produce hay fever in both the asthmatic and catarrhal forms; he also showed that skin reactions were evoked in sensitive persons.
1873
#4215.1
Lectures on Bright’s disease: with special reference to pathology, diagnosis, and treatment.
Johnson showed that fatty infiltrations of the renal tubules are reflected by the presence of fatty casts and droplets in the urine, thus introducing the concept of lipoid nephrosis associated with nephrotic syndrome.
1873
#5029
Typhoid fever; its nature, mode of spreading, and prevention.
Budd insisted that typhoid fever was spread by contagion and established the fact that infection with typhoid came from the dejecta of the patients; he strengthened the theory of water-born infection. See also his ear…
1873
#5909
Light for the blind: A history of the origin and success of Moon’s system of reading (embossed in various languages) for the blind.
Moon became totally blind at the age of 22. He taught other blind people and devised a simplified form of roman letters, embossed on paper, for use by blind readers. This was in 1845, and two years later he published …
1873
#7483
The depths of the sea. An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of H. M. SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning during the summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, under the scientific direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1873
#7803
Experimental researches in cerebral physiology and pathology.
Using a variety of experimental animals, Ferrier demonstrated that various neurologic functions were controlled by separate parts of the cerebrum and that damage or loss of that part created an irrevocable and particu…
1873
#12879
A monograph of the Paradiseidae or birds of paradise.
This work contains 36 plates by lithographed Joseph Smit from drawings by Joseph Wolf, and handcolored by J.D. White. Wolf was regarded as the greatest bird artist of his time. Among the birds of paradise there are so…
1874
#2032
Pharmacographia. A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin met with in Great Britain and British India.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1874
#3384
Atlas of the membrana tympani.
1874
#3385
The questions of aural surgery.
Hinton was one of the most eminent aural surgeons in England during the latter half of the 19th century, and the first Aural Surgeon to Guy’s Hospital. In 1868 he performed the first operation for mastoiditis in Engla…
1874
#4066
On mycetoma, or the fungus disease of India.
See No. 4047.
1874
#5772
On disease of the mammary areola preceding cancer of the mammary gland.
First description of “Paget’s disease of the nipple” –eczema of the nipple with cancer. The paper is reprinted in Med. Classics, 1936, 1, 75-78. Paget was Sergeant Surgeon to Queen Victoria, and a great surgical patho…
1874
#7443
The naturalist in Nicaragua: A narrative of a residence at the gold mines of Chontales; journeys in the savannahs and forests, with observations on animals and plants in reference to the theory of evolution of living forms.
In this book Belt first described "the mutualistic relationship of certain Acacias and the ant we now know as Pseudomyrmex spinicola. These are a species of red myrmecophyte-inhabiting neotropical ants which are found…
1874
#7498
Catalogue of the preparations of comparative anatomy in the Museum of Guy's Hospital.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1874
#12705
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa. From eighteen hundred and sixty-five to his death. Continued by a narrative of his last Moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi, by Horace Waller, F.R.G.S.
"Livingstone’s most famous expedition was in 1866–73, when he traversed much of central Africa in an attempt to find the source of the Nile. This book contains the daily journals that Livingstone kept on this expediti…
1875
#1702
Essays and papers on some fallacies of statistics concerning life and death, health and disease.
1875
#1703
Supplement to the thirty-fifth annual report of the Registrar-General of Births and Marriages in England.
Includes statistical calculations of the effect on life expectation if certain preventable diseases were eliminated.
1875 –1888
#4067
Illustrations of clinical surgery. 2 vols.
Vol. 1 pp. 49-52: Hutchinson’s classic description of cheiropompholyx, dysidrosis (“Hutchinson’s disease”). The first description and illustration of sarcoidosis is on p. 42.
1875
#4340
Diseases of the hip, knee and ankle joints, with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method.
Thomas splint. Enlarged second edition, 1876. See No. 4348.
1875
#9492
Reliquiae Aquitanicae; being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Périgord and the adjoining provinces of southern France. Edited by Thomas Rupert Jones.
This beautiful and bibliographically complicated work was issued in 17 parts from 1865 to 1875. It includes 82 tinted lithographic plates, and is the first visually spectacular large extensively illustrated publicatio…
1875
#10451
The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales. Illustrated by six small and three large coloured maps.
Haviland used the national mortality statistics for England and Wales to develop an elaborate geographical explanation based on map analysis for the cause of heart, cancer, and tuberculosis deaths. He found that femal…