United Kingdom
2,632 entries published in United Kingdom. 64 publication places.
1912
#7482
The depths of the ocean. A general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian Steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.
1912 –1914
#10151
A veterinary history of the war in South Africa, 1899-1902. Supplement to: Veterinary record May 25, 1912-Sept. 26, 1914.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1912
#10792
An index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by various writers. Edited by Herbert French.
The first edition extended to more than 1000 pages. It had reached its 16th edition by 2016. Digital facsimile of the New York 1912 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
1912
#11812
Coral and atolls. A history and description of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, with an account of their fauna and flora, and a discussion of the method of development and transformation of coral structures in general.
Wood Jones was one of the first to study coral reefs as living organisms interacting with their environment. Prior to Wood Jones's book most of the work on corals was done from the systematics viewpoint using specimen…
1913
#38
Syrian anatomy, pathology and therapeutics or "The Book of Medicines". The Syriac text with an English translation, etc
Text and translation from a copy made for Budge of a 12th century codex---one of the most extensive early medical manuscripts in Syriac. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#349
A textbook of medical entomology.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1913
#1903.1
The plant alkaloids.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#6537
The physician in English history.
Linacre Lecture, 1913.
1913
#6408
An introduction to the history of medicine.
One of the best single-volume histories of medicine from the bibliographical point of view, mainly for 19th century and earlier material. A rather compressed work with much detail, this is really more of a reference w…
1913
#7542
The complete athletic trainer, by S. A. Mussabini in collaboration with Charles Ranson.
Includes advice on health, diet, etc. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#8553
Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum. Organised by Henry S. Wellcome.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#8974
Garci da Orta: Colloquies on the simples & drugs of India. New edition (Lisbon, 1895) edited and annotated by the Conde de Ficalho. Translated with an introduction and index by Sir Clements Markham.
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Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#11679
Clinical electrocardiography.
The first textbook of electrocardiography.
1914
#964
The respiratory function of the blood.
Barcroft’s studies of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood are recorded in the above monograph. He particularly concentrated on elucidation of the oxygen dissociation curve. The second edition, 2 vols., Cambridge…
1914
#1711
On the handicapping of the first-born.
1914
#2843
Auricular flutter.
1914
#5138
Plague and pestilence in literature and art.
Deals with the subject up to the end of the 18th century. Revised ed., 1951.
1914
#6625
Astrology in medicine.
1914
#8241
A history of the Indian Medical Service 1600-1913. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1914
#10731
The occupational diseases: Their causation, symptoms, treatment and prevention.
The first general treatise on occupational medicine published in the United States. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1914
#11906
Diseases of the kidneys, ureters and bladder, with special reference to the diseases in women. With 628 illustrations, for the most part by Max Brödel
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1914
#13070
The dental art in ancient times: Lecture memoranda. American medical Association, Atlantic City, 1914.
A very well illustrated serious pocket guide (214pp.) to elements of the history of dentistry including equipment through the ages and marketing information for equipment then available to dentists. Digital facsimile …
1915
#658
Principles of general physiology.
Bayliss’s book treats of general physiology from the physical chemical point of view. For some years it remained the most important book of its kind, and today is still of great value for its historical information an…
1915
#2444
Leper houses and mediaeval hospitals.
1915
#2894
Diseases of the arteries, including angina pectoris. 2 vols.
Includes his suggestion of the aortic genesis of angina pectoris, and (vol. 2, p. 368) his mechanical theory of cardiac pain in coronary occlusion.
1915
#7638
Descriptive catalogue of the medical museum of McGill University: Arranged on a modified decimal system of museum classification. Part IV: Section 1. The Haemopoietic organs.
All published
1915
#9182
The north-west Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes.
"This 1915 volume recounts Captain Thomas Whiffen’s travels in Brazil and Colombia in the region between the rivers Issa (or Içá) and Apaporis, and the Putumayo District. The study looks at the way in which the indige…
1915
#9259
Sanitation in Panama.
"Gorgas capitalized on the momentous work of ... Walter Reed, who had himself built much of his work on insights of a Cuban doctor, Carlos Finlay, to prove the mosquito transmission of yellow fever. He won internation…
1915
#9646
X rays and crystal structure.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1915
#9755
John Shaw Billings: A memoir.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1915
#13114
Mimicry in butterflies.
1916
#353.1
Form and function: a contribution to the history of animal morphology.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1916
#569
On the natural faculties. With an English translation by Arthur John Brock.
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Greek-English edition in the Loeb Classical Library. This was one of the first, if not the actual first, modern English translations of Galen. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1916
#1331
The involuntary nervous system. Part 1.
This book sums up the life work of Gaskell, who laid the histological foundation of the modern study of the autonomic nervous system. No more published.
1916
#1682
Epidemics resulting from wars. Edited by Harald Westergaard.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1916
#4910
Diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases of the spinal cord and its membranes.
Elsberg, American pioneer in neurosurgery, made valuable contributions to the surgery of the spinal cord. on tumours of the cord in 1925. His final work was Surgical diseases of the spinal cord, membranes, and nerve r…
1916
#9615
Theophrastus: Enquiry into plants and minor works on odours and weather signs. With an English translation by Sir Arthur Hort. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1916
#13329
Instincts of the herd in peace and war.
Trotter, a surgeon, also contributed to social psychology. In this work he popularized in English the concept, first developed by French sociologist, Gustave Le Bon, of an instinct over-riding the will of the individu…
1917
#4631
Congenital word-blindness.
1917
#1237
The secretion of the urine.
Cushny’s theory of urinary secretion was similar to that of Ludwig, with some modifications. Subsequent work of Richards and his co-workers confirmed his theory.
1917
#1303
The conduction of the nervous impulse.
Gotch (No. 1420.1), Adrian, and Keith Lucas made important discoveries concerning the “all-or-nothing” responses of individual nerve fibers. Their work is summarized in the above monograph. Digital facsimile from the …
1917
#2847
Report upon soldiers returned as cases of “disordered action of the heart” (D.A.H.) or “valvular disease of the heart” (V.D.H.).
Medical Research Committee Special Rept. No. 8. Sir Thomas Lewis described as “effort syndrome” the condition of disordered action of the heart known as “Da Costa’s syndrome”.
1917
#5966
Tests for colour-blindness.
Ishihara’s color tests. 15th ed., 1960.
1917
#6723
Roll of commissioned officers in the medical service of the British Army.
Covers the period from the accession of George II in 1727 to the formation of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1898. Reprinted 1968, together with the complementary List of commissioned medical officers of the Army, Char…
1917 –1921
#6411
Studies in the history and method of science. 2 vols. Edited by Charles Singer.
A collection of essays by several authorities, unusually well produced and illustrated for the time. Introduction to vol. 1 by Sir William Osler. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1917
#6972
On growth and form.
Thompson's description of the mathematical beauty of nature eventually inspired others, such as Alan Turing, to develop the scientific explanation of morphogenesis, the process by which patterns are formed in plants a…
1917
#12500
Marching on Tanga (with General Smuts in East Africa).
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1917
#12959
The Indian operation of couching for cataract. Incorporating The Hunterian Lectures....
Prefaced by an extensive historical introduction; the remainder of the text being of historical significance in the 21st century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1918
#853
The Linacre lecture on the law of the heart.
Starling’s “law of the heart”.
1918
#7099
Married love. A new contribution to the solution of sex difficulties.
One of the first books to discuss the differences between male and female sexual desires, and the first book to note that increased sexual desire in women coincides with ovulation and the period right before menstruat…