San Francisco, CA
53 entries published in this place. (San Francisco, US)
1850
#11306
Constitution, by-laws and fee bill of the San Francisco Medical Society: Organized June 22, 1850.
This 8-page pamphlet is one of the earliest separate publications relating to medicine printed in the State of California. The "Society" disbanded shortly after this was published, perhaps over disputes concerning the…
1856
#12319
Anatomical and surgical lectures.
A one-page advertising circular dated December 10, 1856 advertising Cooper's first course of private lectures in San Francisco. Cooper, founder of California’s (and the West Coast’s) first medical school, came to San …
1857
#12322
Report of an operation for removing a foreign body from beneath the heart. Published by the San Francisco County Medico Chirurgical Association as an additional paper to its Transactions for the year 1857.
Perhaps the earliest separate publication on a surgical operation issued in California.
1862
#10440
Chinese immigration and the physiological causes of the decay of a nation.
Medical justification for racism, racial prejudice, and xenophobia in its purest sense. The author, a physician, also published several works of conventional medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at th…
c. 1865
#11316
Hand-book & descriptive catalogue of the Pacific Museum of Anatomy and Natural Science, now open at the Eureka Theatre, Montgomery St., between California and Pine, San Francisco.
A commercial medical and "natural science" museum operated by Jordan. This may have been the earliest commercial medical museum in California. Pages 50 onward describe what Jordan called the "Pathological Room, For re…
1867
#10603
Diseases of the heart: Their diagnosis and treatment.
The first medical book, as distinct from a pamphlet, that was written and published in California. See Shapiro, "California's 'first' medical book. David Wooster's Diseases of the heart (1867)," Calif. Med., 108 (1968…
1869
#11305
Medical history of the year 1868, in California. A paper read before the "Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement," February 16th, 1869. And published by order of the society.
Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1874
#10260
The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1876
#12089
Female health and hygiene on the Pacific Coast.
This was probably the first book on female health and hygiene published in California and intended for the residents of the state. The book was written for women rather than for medical professionals. Little is known …
1877
#12318
Catalogue of physicians and surgeons who have presented their diplomas and other credentials to the Board of Examiners of the Medical Society of the State of California and received therefrom a license to practice medicine and surgery in said state, in obedience to an "Act to regulate the practice of medicine in the State of California, approved April 3, 1876. Compiled by W. A. Grover.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link. At the same link the Hathi Trust offers facsimiles of the same directory published from 1899 to 1921.
1877
#12324
Seeking the golden fleece: A record of pioneer life in California, to which is annexed footprints of early navigators, other than Spanish, in California, with an account of the voyage of the schooner Dolphin.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1892
#10438
Mineral springs and health resorts of California: With a complete chemical analysis of every important mineral water in the world... A Prize Essay; Annual Prize of the Medical Society of the State of California, Awarded April 20, 1889.
The first half of the book concerns mineral springs and health resorts in California and how to use them; the second half mostly concerns mineral springs and other health resorts in North America and Europe. Digital f…
1909
#10406
Eradicating plague in San Francisco. Report of the Citizen's Health Committee and an account of its work. With brief descriptions of the measures taken, copies of ordinances in aid of sanitation, articles by sanitarians on the nature of plague and the best means of getting rid of it, facsimiles of circulars issued by the committee and a list of subscribers to the health fund. March 31, 1909. Prepared by Frank Morton Todd, historian for the Committee.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1910
#11446
The health index of children.
Hoag was medical director of the public schools in Berkeley, California. As Hoag wrote in his introduction, the object of this work was "to show teachers and parents how to detect easily those ordinary physical defect…
1925
#10405
The scalpel under three flags in California.
1930
#12150
A history of the California Medical Society.
1932
#10279
California's medical story.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1942 –1943
#12088
A doctor comes to California: The diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847. Edited by George Walcott Ames, Jr.
"In 1840, Griffin was appointed assistant surgeon in the Army and served under General William J. Worth in Florida and, with the rank of captain, on the Southwest frontier at Fort Gibson, Griffin came to California fo…
1957
#10993
A navy surgeon in California 1846-1847. The journal of Marius Duvall. Edited by Fred Blackburn Rogers.
1958
#12151
History of the San Francisco Medical Society. Vol. I, 1850 to 1900.
1967
#258.6
The origins of genetics: A Mendel source book.
1968
#273.2
Early history of the electron microscope.
1972
#7585
"Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism." IN: T.J.M. Schopf, ed., Models in Paleobiology.
The theory of punctuated equilibrium or punctuated equilibria in evolution. This theory argues that once species appeared in the the fossil record they became stable, showing little net evolutionary change for most of…
1977
#9288
Childbirth in the ghetto: Folk beliefs of negro women in a North Philadelphia hospital ward.
1981
#7760
Radiation and human health.
The first comprehensive book summarizing the evidence relating low-level ionizing radiation to cancer and other diseases.
1981
#9728
The DNA story: A documentary history of gene cloning.
1984
#2068.21
Electricity and medicine: A history of their interaction.
1987
#10557
The AIDS History Project.
https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/aids/ "In 1987, the Archives & Special Collections initiated, in collaboration with the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (GLBHT HS) and University of Califor…
1988 –1992
#5813.14
The history of surgery in the United States 1775-1900. Vol. 1: Textbooks, monographs and treatises. Vol. 2: Periodicals and pamphlets.
The most comprehensive annotated bibliographies of American surgical literature to 1900. Includes separate bibliographies for general surgery, ophthalmology, oto-rhino-laryngology, orthopedic surgery, gynaecology, uro…
1988
#11197
Sir William Osler: An annotated bibliography with illustrations. Edited by Richard L. Golden and Charles G. Roland.
This was my first effort as a publisher. I was responsible for the illustrations, the captions, and for chosing the appendices - JMN. Richard Golden issued an Addenda to this bibliography in 1997.
1989
#11198
A bibliography of the writings of Dr. William Harvey 1578-1657. Third edition, revised by Gweneth Whitteridge and Christine English.
This is the definitive edition of a bibliography first published by Sir Geoffrey Keynes in 1928 on the three hundredth anniversary of De motu cordis, and revised by him for a second edition in 1953. It contains a new …
1990
#4483.6
Fractures: a history and iconography of their treatment.
1990
#5019.22
The founders of child neurology. Edited by Stephen Ashwal.
125 biographical essays, with portraits and bibliographies, documenting the history of child neurology from the 17th century to the present.
1990
#11199
A commentary on the medical writings of Rudolf Virchow by L. J. Rather.
An extensively annotated bibliography of all of Virchow's medical writings, but not including his many contributions to anthropology
1991
#6786.36
The Haskell F. Norman library of science and medicine. 2 vols.
Fully annotated descriptions, mostly with complete collations, paginations, and plate counts, of 2600 classics covering the spectrum of the sciences, emphasizing medicine, from circa 1470 to 1950, in the library of Ha…
1991
#13445
Sir Kenelm Digby, F.R.S.: An annotated bibliography
Based on the collection of the late K. Garth Huston, Sr., this is the first complete annotated bibliographical study of the writings of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), one of the most celebrated figures in 17th-century …
1993
#6902
Orthopedics: A history and iconography.
1994
#11655
The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). Edited by David M. Reifler.
A history of the first twenty-five years of the ASOPRS, plus a history of ophthalmic plastic surgery from 2500 B.C. to A.D. 1994.
1996
#1588.4
The human brain and spinal cord: A historical study illustrated by writings from antiquity to the twentieth century. Second edition, revised and enlarged with a new preface by Edwin Clarke.
Massive anthology of primary source material on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. Excellent commentaries and bibliographies. First edition, 1968.
1996
#1588.9
An illustrated history of brain function. Imaging the Brain from Antiquity to the Present. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with a new preface by Edwin Clarke and a new chapter surveying advances in imaging technology by Michael J. Aminoff.
First edition, Oxford, 1985.
1996
#6907
Spectacles and other vision aids: A history and guide to collecting.
The most comprehensive history of the development of spectacles and other vision aids in Europe, America, Japan, and China. With over 780 photographs, of which 310 are in color.
1996
#8116
Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/index.php From the Wikipedia article on the Internet Archive, accessed 12-2016: "The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access…
1996
#8661
Industry Documents Library. University of California, San Francisco.
https://www.library.ucsf.edu/industry-documents/ "The Industry Documents Library (IDL) provides public access to internal corporate documents to facilitate research about cross-industry practices that harm public heal…
1997
#6906
American surgical instruments: The history of their manufacture and a directory of instrument makers to 1900.
1999
#7973
MEDLINE: A guide to effective searching.
Second edition, 2006.
2000
#6904
The obstetrician’s armamentarium: Historical obstetric instruments and their inventors.
2001
#8167
The Wikipedia.
https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/history When I posted this in December 2016 there were over 5,300,000 entries just in the English language Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Though, of course, the q…
2006
#9952
Archive-It.org
https://archive-it.org/ "First deployed in 2006, Archive-It is a subscription web archiving service from the Internet Archive that helps organizations to harvest, build, and preserve collections of digital content. Th…
2007
#13219
Promise on Parnassus: The first century of the UCSF School of Nursing.
History of the School of Nursing at the University of California San Franicsco.
2010
#10973
Educating physicians: A call for reform of medical school and residency.
"The current blueprint for medical education in North America was drawn up in 1910 by Abraham Flexner in his report Medical Education in the United States and Canada. The basic features outlined by Flexner remain in p…