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75 entries published in this place. (Springfield, US)
1928
#13778
Tumors arising from the blood-vessels of the brain. Angiomatous malformations and hemangioblastomas.
1929
#2318
Selected readings in pathology.
This work makes it possible to read many of the classical writings on the subject which previously, through language difficulties, were beyond the reach of many. The book forms a valuable companion to Long’s history o…
1929
#7186
The female sex hormone. Part I: Biology, pharmacology and chemistry. Part II: Clinical investigations based on the female sex hormone blood test.
The first handbook on female sex hormones. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1931
#7788
American martyrs to science through the Roentgen rays.
1932
#2241
Classic descriptions of disease.
A collection of classic descriptions of disease by 179 different writers, from ancient times to the present. Foreign papers are translated into English. A second edition of this most interesting and useful book appear…
1932
#3552
Papers relating to the pituitary body, hypothalamus, and para-sympathetic nervous system.
Cushing advanced the theory that the hypothalamus is responsible for the development of peptic ulcer (see p. 175 et seq.). This work contains his four principal contributions to pituitary-hypothalamic interrelationshi…
1932
#2861
The cardiac output of man in health and disease.
1932
#4900
Intracranial tumours.
Cushing’s operating technique reduced the mortality rate dramatically in intracranial surgery. This was his last published report on the statistical results of his operations on brain tumors-- essentially a summation …
1933
#2429
The history and epidemiology of syphilis.
1933
#4156
The history of dermatology.
Reprinted, New York, 1976.
1933
#11349
Benign tumors in the third ventricle of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.
1935
#4904
The clinical aspects of visceral neurology with special reference to the surgery of the sympathetic nervous system.
1935
#6461
The medicine-man of the American Indian and his cultural background.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1935
#6301
Classical contributions to obstetrics and gynecology.
1935
#8894
Child psychiatry.
Leo Kanner, an Austrian émigré and medical graduate of the University of Berlin, founded the first academic department of child psychiatry under the direction of Adolf Meyer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Kanner was t…
1935
#10057
The care of the aged, the dying and the dead.
Digital facsimile of the 2nd edition (1940) from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1936
#13044
Collected writings. With a biographical memoir by Abraham Flexner. 2 vols.
1937
#2866
Clinical roentgenology of the cardiovascular system.
1937
#8594
Dr. Bodo Otto and the medical background of the American revolution by James E. Gibson.
Oddo, born in Germany, is one of the better-known American surgeons in the American revolutionary war; however he published nothing and is primarily known from this biography.
1938
#4612
Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.
Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, Hafner,…
1938
#14110
Artificial fever produced by physical means; its development and application.
Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the application of pyrotherapy in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, including syphilis. For syphilis in particular the treatment was replaced by penicillin, developed…
1939
#11189
A bibliography of the writings of Harvey Cushing prepared on the occasion of his seventieth birthday April 8, 1939 by The Harvey Cushing Society.
Revised and best third edition, Park Ridge, IL: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1993. This includes a photographic essay, with extensive captions, by Richard Upjohn Light.
1941
#4910.1
Epilepsy and cerebral localization: A study of the mechanism, treatment and prevention of epileptic seizures.
Penfield’s most widely recognized contribution was the gradual development of cortical excision as an accepted and valuable method of treating medically refractory focal epilepsy. See also No. 4914.2.
1941
#11000
The medical reports of John Y. Bassett, M.D., the Alabama student. Edited by Daniel C. Elkin.
Bassett was the subject of William Osler's famous essay, "An Alabama Student."
1942
#2137.30
A bibliography of aviation medicine.
1942
#2261
The treatment of burns.
Contains some history of the subject and includes a valuable bibliography of 1,320 entries.
1942
#3159
A short history of cardiology.
1942
#5766
Plastic surgery of the breast and abdominal wall.
1944
#2349.1
The pathogenesis of tuberculosis.
Classic work on the pathogenesis of tuberculosis and its immunology and hypersensitivity.
1945
#6623
Poet physicians: An anthology of medical poetry written by physicians.
1946
#11018
Harvey Cushing: A biography.
Remains the most comprehensive biography of Cushing, by his student Fulton.
1948
#11766
Congenital anaomies of the heart and great vessels. Clinicopathologic study of 132 ases.
An extensively illustrated pathological-anatomical and physiological presentation with an historical approach.
1949
#4483
On the contributions of Hugh Owen Thomas of Liverpool, Sir Robert Jones of Liverpool and London, John Ridlon, M.D., of New York and Chicago, to modern orthopedic surgery.
1950
#12821
The diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders in childhood and adolescence.
The first textbook of pediatric endocrinology.
1951
#9093
A translation of Galen's Hygiene (De santiate tuenda) by Robert Montraville Green, with an introduction by Henry E. Sigerist.
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First translation into a modern language.
1951
#11699
Tobacco and the cardiovascular system: The effects of smoking and of nicotine on normal persons.
1953
#4158
Classics in clinical dermatology. With biographical sketches.
Contains 143 classic descriptions of cutaneous diseases by 93 writers. Many portraits are also included.
1954
#6451.2
A history of medicine. 1 vol. [in 2]
1954
#7351
The human brain in sagittal section.
A superb atlas is based on sagittal sections. This was an innovative approach for the time as almost all previous illustration of the adult human brain was typically based on frontal or horizontal sections: “in conseq…
1954
#11159
Neurosurgery of infancy and childhood.
The first complete textbook of pediatric neurosurgery. Ingraham, a protegé of Harvey Cushing, established the first pediatric neurosurgery unit at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1929.
1955
#2360
Historical chronology of tuberculosis. 2nd ed.
1956
#3160.1
Classics in arterial hypertension.
1958
#8657
Young endeavour: Contributions to science by medical students of the past four centuries.
1958
#14170
Homosexuality, transvestism and change of sex.
Probably the first publication to illustrate the stages of surgical transition from male to female, and to discuss the risks then involved in the operations. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1959
#8757
Dictionary of medical slang and related esoteric expressions.
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…
1959
#14358
Trigeminal neuralgia: Its history and treatment.
Based on over 700 cases of trigeminalneuralgia which were seen and operated on by Dr. Stookey. The chapters on nonsurgical treatment, alcohol injection, and the statistical studies were prepared by Dr. Ransohoff.
1960
#5813.2
The surgeon’s glove.
Contains an extensive bibliography.
1960
#13195
The transplantation of tissues and organs.
Contains an unusually extensive bibliography.
1961
#3161.01
A history of thoracic surgery
Includes cardiovascular surgery.
1961
#12165
Hypokinetic disease: Diseases produced by lack of exercise
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.