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1893

#8400

Herophilus and Erasistratus: A bibliographical demonstration in the library in the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 16th March 1893. Reprinted from the Glasgow Medical Journal for May, 1893.

HEROPHILOS (ἩΡΌΦΙΛΟΣ; HEROPHILUS) (-290 – ) FINLAYSON, James (1840 – 1906) ERASISTRATOS, (Erasistratus; Ἐρασίστρατος) (-304 – -250)

1893 –1903

#10367

Descriptive catalogue of the anatomical and pathological specimens in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 3 Vols. Vols. 1 & 2 by Charles W. Cathcart; Vol. 3 by Theodore Shennan. Vol. 1.- The skeleton and organs of motion.

CATHCART, Charles Walker (1853 – 1932)
CATHCART, Charles Walker (1853 – 1932) SHENNAN, Theodore

Digital facsimile of vol. 1 from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1893

#11810

The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; Its products and potentialities, containing an account, with copious coloured and photographic illustrations (the latter here produced for the first time), of the corals and coral reefs, pearl and pearl-shell, bêche-de-mer, other fishing Industries, and the marine fauna of the Australian Great Barrier region.

SAVILLE-KENT, William (1845 – 1908)
SAVILLE-KENT, William (1845 – 1908)

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage LIbrary at this link.

1894

#187

Man and woman.

ELLIS, Henry Havelock (1859 – 1939)

A study of the constitutional differences between man and woman.

1894 –1896

#2232

A collection of the published writings. 2 vols.

GULL, Sir William Withey (1816 – 1890)
GULL, Sir William Withey (1816 – 1890)

Gull, one of the best clinicians of his time, spent most of his working life at Guy’s Hospital. He described the spinal lesion of tabes and left an important account of aneurysm. His best works are his description of …

1894

#5120

Loimographia. An account of the great plague of London in the year 1665

BOGHURST, William (1631 – 1685)
PAYNE, Joseph Frank (1840 – 1910)
PAYNE, Joseph Frank (1840 – 1910)

This work was written in 1666 and first published as above. Boghurst, an apothecary, did good work during the great plague; in his book he differentiated plague from typhus. Payne’s introduction to the book contains s…

1894

#237

Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to discontinuity in the origin of species.

BATESON, William (1861 – 1926)
BATESON, William (1861 – 1926)

Bateson was convinced that discontinuity was the more important type of variation among animals and plants “in some unknown way a part of their nature and not directly dependent upon natural selection at all”. He show…

1894

#6395

Medical history from the earliest times.

WITHINGTON, Edward Theodore (1860 – 1947)

A classic brief history up to the early 19th century. Reprinted 1964.

1894

#8939

Lanfrank's "Science of Cirurgie." Edited from the Bodeian Ashmole MS. 1396 (ab. 1380 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional MS. 12, 056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker.

LANFRANC OF MILAN, Guido [Lanfranchi, Lanfranco, Lanfrancus Mediolanensis] (1250 – 1306) FLEISCHHACKER, Robert von (1855 – 1937)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1894

#11267

Hospitals dispensaries and nursing. Papers and discussions in the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy, Section III, Chicago, June 12th to 17th, 1893. Edited by John S. Billings and Henry M. Hurd.

BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
HURD, Henry Mills (1843 – 1927)
HURD, Henry Mills (1843 – 1927)

Includes almost 90 articles on all aspects of hospitals and nursing, by luminaries such Henry Burdett, Lavinia Dock, Cardinal Gibbons, Isabel Hampton, Henry Lyman, and Lewis Pilcher, among dozens of others. Florence N…

1895

#1425

The growth of the brain.

DONALDSON, Henry Herbert (1857 – 1938)
DONALDSON, Henry Herbert (1857 – 1938)

1895

#6649.92

Pioneer work in opening the medical profession to women; autobiographical sketches.

BLACKWELL, Elizabeth (1821 – 1910)
BLACKWELL, Elizabeth (1821 – 1910)

Blackwell led the movement in America to open the medical profession to women.

1895

#8653

An atlas of the fertilization and karyokinesis of the ovum.

WILSON, Edmund Beecher (1856 – 1939)
WILSON, Edmund Beecher (1856 – 1939) LEAMING, Edward (1861 – 1916)

The first atlas of photomicrographs showing fertilization and cellular development during mitosis. The photomicrographs were taken by Leaming. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1895

#9528

Leprosy: In its clinical & pathological aspects. Translated by Norman Walker.

HANSEN, Gerhard Henrik Armauer (1841 – 1912)
HANSEN, Gerhard Henrik Armauer (1841 – 1912)
LOOFT, Carl (1863 – 1943)
LOOFT, Carl (1863 – 1943)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1896

#4585

The physiology and pathology of the cerebral circulation.

HILL, Sir Leonard Erskine (1866 – 1952)
HILL, Sir Leonard Erskine (1866 – 1952)

1896

#444.1

The diary of a resurrectionist 1811-1812, to which are added an account of the resurrection men in London and a short history of the passing of the Anatomy Act.

BAILEY, James Blake ( – 1897)

First-hand account of the activities of the so-called “sack-em-up” men who flourished in England and Scotland until passage in 1832 of the Anatomy Act provided legal means for physicians to obtain cadavers for dissect…

1896

#4366

Deformities: A treatise on orthopaedic surgery.

TUBBY, Alfred Herbert (1862 – 1930)

Includes a valuable discussion of congenital anomalies of the bones and joints from the orthopedic point of view. Greatly expanded second edition, 2 vols., London, 1912.

1896

#6618

Medicine and kindred arts in the plays of Shakespeare.

MOYES, John (1848 – 1895)

1896

#6486

A short history of Aryan medical science.

BHAGVAT SINH JEE, Maharajah of Gondal (Bhagavat Simhaji; Bhagvatsingh Sahib) (1865 – 1944)

From the Wikipedia: "Bhagvatsingh Sahib GCSI GCIE was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal from 1869 till his death in 1944, in whose reign the state was raised to 11-gun salute state.[1] He was the onl…

1896

#9639

Atlas of nerve cells. With the cooperation of Oliver S. Strong and Edward Leaming.

LEAMING, Edward (1861 – 1916) STARR, Moses Allen (1854 – 1932)

Photomicrographs by Leaming. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1896

#10382

Catalogue of the medicinal plants in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

HOLMES, Edward Morrell (1843 – 1930)
HOLMES, Edward Morrell (1843 – 1930)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1896

#10836

Biological experimentation: Its function and limits.

RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1896

#11077

Further report on the tsetse fly disease or nagana, in Zululand.

BRUCE, Sir David (1855 – 1931)
BRUCE, Sir David (1855 – 1931)

In this more-detailed follow-up to his "preliminary" paper of 1895 published in Durban, South Africa, Bruce provided definitive proof that the Trypanosoma was the cause of nagana, and the tsetse fly was the vector of …

1896

#12949

Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks...during Captain Cook's first voyage in H.M.S. Edeavour in 1766-71 to Terra de Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies. Etc. Edited by Sir Joseph D. Hooker.

BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820)
BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820)
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1897

#1573

A contribution to the history of the respiration of man.

MARCET, William (1829 – 1900)

1897

#1631

The purification of sewage and water.

DIBDIN, William Joseph (1850 – 1925)

Dibdin introduced the bacterial system of sewage purification. Previously he had devised the contact system.

1897

#1706

The chances of death and other studies in evolution. 2 vols.

PEARSON, Karl (1857 – 1936)
PEARSON, Karl (1857 – 1936)

1897

#2805

Heart disease.

BROADBENT, Sir William Henry (1835 – 1907)
BROADBENT, Sir William Henry (1835 – 1907)
BROADBENT, Sir John Francis Harpin (1865 – 1946)
BROADBENT, Sir John Francis Harpin (1865 – 1946)

Chapter 17 includes J. Broadbent’s classic description of adherent pericardium. See Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 712-15, for reproduction of part of this chapter.

1897

#5100

Mediterranean, Malta, or undulant fever.

HUGHES, Matthew Louis (1867 – 1899)

An authoritative summary of current knowledge of Malta fever.

1897 –1899

#9005

The adult: A journal for the advancement of freedom in sexual relationships. 3 vols.

ELLIS, Henry Havelock (1859 – 1939)
BEDBOROUGH, George
BEDBOROUGH, George SEYMOUR, Henry Albert (1861 – 1938)

When I created this entry in February 2017 there was, inexplicably, no digital facsimile of this rare periodical on the web; however, there was an exceptionally excellent and most comprehensive finding aid available f…

1897

#9567

Photographic atlas of diseases of the skin. A series of eighty plates comprising one hundred illustrations photographed from life and colored by hand.

FOX, George Henry (1846 – 1937)

Large folio, issued in 16 parts, each image hand-colored and signed by Fox. This was physically the largest work and presumably the most expensive work issued by Fox.

1898 –1900

#649

Text-book of physiology. Edited by Edward Schäfer. 2 vols.

SHARPEY-SCHAFER, Sir Edward Albert (1850 – 1935)
SHARPEY-SCHAFER, Sir Edward Albert (1850 – 1935) SCHÄFER, Edward Albert (1850 – 1935)
SHERRINGTON, Sir Charles Scott (1857 – 1952)
SHERRINGTON, Sir Charles Scott (1857 – 1952)

A collective work and a classic textbook of physiology, edited by Schäfer using the original version of his last name. He was a pupil of Sharpey, and when that great man died without any known descendants Schäfer gave…

1898

#4629

A treatise on aphasia and other speech defects.

BASTIAN, Henry Charlton (1837 – 1915)
BASTIAN, Henry Charlton (1837 – 1915)

Bastian localized the auditory and visual centers, and he described word-blindness and word-deafness. (See also No. 4622.)

1898

#2266

Tropical diseases.

MANSON, Sir Patrick (1844 – 1922)
MANSON, Sir Patrick (1844 – 1922)

Manson has been called the “father of modern tropical medicine”. He had vast experience of disease in the Tropics and himself made many valuable contributions to the knowledge of this subject. He described tinea nigra…

1898

#2808

Diseases of the heart and the aorta.

GIBSON, George Alexander (1854 – 1913)
GIBSON, George Alexander (1854 – 1913)

Includes among many other valuable descriptions, the description of the "Gibson murmur" also called the "machinery murmur"

1898

#4429.1

Traumatic separation of the epiphyses.

POLAND, John (1855 – 1937)

Definitive and exhaustive study of growth plate fractures in children. Poland also published the series of x rays included in the above work as a separate atlas: Skiagraphic atlas showing the development of the bones …

1898

#7011

The Petrie papyri. Hieratic papyri from Kahun and Gurob (Principally of the Middle Kingdom) edited by F. Ll. Griffith.

KAHUN GYNECOLOGICAL PAPYRUS

GRIFFITH, Francis Llewellyn (1862 – 1934)

The Kahun Gynecological Papyrus (also Kahun Papyrus, Kahun Medical Papyrus, or UC 32057) is the oldest known medical text on papyrus, dating from circa 1800 BCE. It was found at El-Lahun, Egypt (Faiyum, Kahun, كاهم

1898 –1903

#7450

The scientific memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley. Edited by Professor Michael Foster... and by Professor E. Ray Lankester. 5 vols.

HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825 – 1895)
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825 – 1895) LANKESTER, Sir Edwin Ray (1847 – 1929)
FOSTER, Sir Michael (1836 – 1907)
FOSTER, Sir Michael (1836 – 1907)

Presents virtually all of Huxley's scientific papers arranged in chronological order, as well as reports of his Royal Institution Friday Evening Discourses. The final supplemental volume contains the remainder of Huxl…

1898

#7670

Essays on museums and other subjects connected with natural history.

FLOWER, William Henry (1831 – 1899)
FLOWER, William Henry (1831 – 1899)

Essays on medical and natural historical museums, anthropology, and biography. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1899

#650

Animals in motion.

MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard [JAMES EDWARD MUGGERIDGE] (1830 – 1904)

1899

#3011

Thrombosis and embolism. In Allbutt, C., System of medicine, 4, 284-310; and in 2nd ed., 6, 691-821

WELCH, William Henry (1850 – 1934)
WELCH, William Henry (1850 – 1934)

1899

#5429

Vaccination, its natural history and pathology.

COPEMAN, Sydney Arthur Monckton (1862 – 1947)
COPEMAN, Sydney Arthur Monckton (1862 – 1947)

Milroy Lectures, Royal College of Physicians, 1898. Copeman’s bacteriological studies permanently determined the validity of vaccination as a preventive of smallpox.

1899

#6519

Medical works of the fourteenth century; together with a list of plants recorded in contemporary writings, with their identification.

HENSLOW, George (1835 – 1925)
HENSLOW, George (1835 – 1925)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1899

#11824

The economic writings of Sir William Petty together with Observations upon the bills of mortality, more probably by Captain John Graunt. Edited by Charles Henry Hull. 2 vols.

GRAUNT, John (1620 – 1674)
PETTY, Sir William (1623 – 1687)
PETTY, Sir William (1623 – 1687) HULL, Charles Henry (1864 – 1936)

Full text available from en.wikisource.org at this link.

1899

#11953

Catalogue of the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, KEW

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1900 –1909

#345

A treatise on zoology. Edited by Sir Ray Lankester. 9 vols.

LANKESTER, Sir Edwin Ray (1847 – 1929)

Digital facsimiles from the Internet Archive at this link.

1900

#189

Classification and uses of finger prints.

HENRY, Sir Edward Richard (1850 – 1931)

The Henry system of fingerprint classification, developed when Henry served as Inspector-General of Police in Bengal, is the basis for the system presently in use worldwide.

1900

#6721

Disciples of Aesculapius, with a life of the author by his daughter, Mrs. George Martin. 2 vols.

RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1900

#7588

Catalogue of the anatomical and pathological preparations of Dr. William Hunter in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.

TEACHER, John Hammond (1869 – 1930)
HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783)
HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1901 –1910

#346

A monograph of the Culicidae, or mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. 4 vols. and atlas.

THEOBALD, Frederick Vincent (1868 – 1930)
THEOBALD, Frederick Vincent (1868 – 1930)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.