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1892
#2682.5
The early history of instrumental precision in medicine.
1901
#10833
The vivisection question.
Leffingwell sought a middle ground between the anti-vivisectionists, who callled for the abolition of all experimentation, and vivisectionists who rejected any restraint. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at…
1920
#12067
The lethal war gases, physiology and experimental treatment. An Investigation by the section on intermediary metabolism of the Medical Division of the Chemical Warfare Service at Yale University under the direction of Frank P. Underhill. Published with the permission of the Chemical Warfare Service.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1921
#6414
The evolution of modern medicine. A series of lectures delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913.
The final text of these lectures, which Osler characterized as "an aeroplane flight over the progress of medicine through the ages," remained unfinished at Osler’s death, and Osler requested in his will that this and …
1922
#793
The anatomy and physiology of the capillaries.
Silliman Lectures. Krogh was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries. In 1920 Krogh received the N…
1922
#961
Respiration.
An account of the work of the Oxford School of Physiology, in particular the Pike’s Peak expedition (No. 957). Second edition, 1935, with J. G. Priestley.
1925
#6458
The healing gods of ancient civilizations.
1926
#251
The theory of the gene.
1929
#11004
Stretchers: The story of a hospital unit on the western front.
History of the U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces Evacuation Hospital no. 8, World War 1, 1914-1918, in which Pottle served. Pottle was the greatest Boswell and Samuel Johnson scholar. Digital facsimile from the …
1934
#10609
An atlas of infant behavior: A systematic delineation of the forms and early growth of human behavior patterns... illustrated with 3,200 action photographs. Vol. l: Normative series, in collaboration with Helen Thompson and Catherine S. Amatruda. Selected bibliographies (p. 45). Vol. 2: Naturalistic series, in collaboration with Alice V. Keliher, Frances L. Ilg, and Jessie J. Carlson. (2 vols.)
Gesell, who originated the Child Study Center at Yale University, was the founder of the study of child development in the United States. He is best known for his groundbreaking studies of normal child development: be…
1938
#13291
The peyote cult.
The history of the study of the cult, the various botanical questions surrounding peyote, its physiological action and the various ethnological, psychological and historical questions involved in its diffusion.
1946
#6662
JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES. 1-
The latest issue may be viewed at http://jhmas.oxfordjournals.org .
1955
#8329
Asclepiades, his life and writings: A translation of Cocchi's life of Asclepiades and Gumpert's fragments of Asclepiades, by Robert Montraville Green.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1958
#13499
Bibliografia medical Brasileira. Periodo Colonial 1808-1821.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1960
#8682
The library of the Medical Institution of Yale College and its catalogue of 1865.
1966
#2312.5
Human palaeopathology. Edited by S. Jarcho.
Includes material on the history of paleopathology in the United States.
1967
#2068.10
History of electrotherapy. In: Therapeutic electricity and ultraviolet radiation.
1968
#9134
An uneasy equilibrium: Private and public financing of health service in the United States 1875-1965.
The central theme of this book is that health policy in the Unitesd States is the product of a deep ambivalence in public attitudes that on the one hand support a private, market-oriented health provision system, whil…
1968
#9157
The formation of the American medical profession: The role of institutions, 1780-1860.
1968 –1977
#11331
Alchemy and the occult; a catalogue of books and manuscripts from the collection of Paul and Mary Mellon given to Yale University Library. Compiled by Ian MacPhail, with essays by R. P. Multhauf and Aniela Jaffé and additional notes by William McGuire. 4 vols.
1970
#10059
The Patient as person: Explorations in medical ethics.
Second edition with a new foreword by Margaret Farley and essays by Albert R. Jonsen and William F. May, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
1971
#4672.5
A history of poliomyelitis.
1975
#13639
The hospital: A social and architectural history.
"This book is about the hospital ward, also called the nursing unit or inpatient unit. Part 1 gives a history of nursing unit floor plans since roman times. Part 2 reviews contemporary planning problems. Part 3 contai…
1977
#8782
"Doctors wanted: No women need apply." Sexual barriers in the medical profession, 1835-1975.
1978
#145.9
An introduction to population ecology.
This elegantly written textbook by a pioneering authority is based on a carefully documented historical approach to the subject.
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…
1985
#1757.2
Surgeons at the Bailey. English forensic medicine to 1878.
1990
#9924
Melancholia and depression: From Hippocratic times to modern times.
1991
#10036
Poisons of the past: Molds, epidemics, and history.
1992
#8804
Miasmas and disease: Public health and the environment in the pre-industrial age. Translated by Elizabeth Potter.
1993
#9017
Tobacco and shamanism in South America.
A comprehensive ethnography of magico-religious, medicinal, and recreational tobacco use among native South American societies, based on a survey of nearly three hundred societies.
1995
#7029
The facts of life: The creation of sexual knowledge in Britain, 1650-1950.
1995
#7107
Witnessing insanity. Madness and mad-doctors in the English court.
1995
#13096
The English hospital 1070-1570.
"The first English hospitals appeared soon after the Norman Conquest. By the year 1300 they numbered over 500, caring for the sick at every level of society—from the gentry and clergy to pilgrims, travelers, beggars, …
1996
#9327
The origin and evolution of birds.
On the evolution of birds and avian flight. Feduccia is best known for his criticisms of the hypothesis, accepted by many paleontologists, that birds originated from and are deeply nested within Theropoda, and are the…
1996
#14050
The great pox. The French disease in Renaissance Europe.
1999
#7379
From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic sleep and the roots of psychological healing.
1999
#9193
The birth of the cell.
1999
#9761
Epidemics and history: Disease, power and imperialism.
2000
#8718
A brief history of endoscopy.
2001
#8276
Medicine and the German Jews: A history.
2002
#10955
A history of Yale's School of Medicine: Passing torches to others.
2002
#12415
The quest for drug control: Politics and federal policy in a period of increasing substance abuse, 1963-1981.
2003
#10143
Transplant: From myth to reality.
2003
#12241
Transplant: From myth to reality.
"... organ transplantation has become a generally effective and routine treatment for patients with organ failure. In this book, a well-known expert in the fields of clinical transplantation and transplantation resear…
2006
#8323
The Renaissance hospital: Healing the body and healing the soul.
2006
#9873
Miracles in Enlightenment England.
Chapter 3: Miracle workers dn healers. Chapter 4: Valentine Greatrakes and the New Philosophy, etc.
2007
#8077
Origins of American health insurance: A history of industrial sickness funds.
2009
#11412
Foul bodies: Cleanliness in early America.
2011
#7805
Knowing nature: Art and science in Philadelphia, 1740-1840. Edited by Amy R. W. Meyers with the assistance of Lisa L. Ford.
Large format, finely produced with excellent color plates.