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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

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3,553 entries published in United States. 279 publication places.

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1928

#4958

Mongolism. A study of the physical and mental characteristics of mongolian imbeciles. Revised by H. G. Brainerd.

BROUSSEAU, Kate ( – 1938)
BROUSSEAU, Kate ( – 1938)

Down syndrome.

1928

#6728

Dictionary of American medical biography. Lives of eminent physicians of the United States and Canada, from the earliest times.

KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943)
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943) BURRAGE, Walter Lincoln (1860 – 1935)

This is the revised and expanded third and final edition of Kelly's A cyclopedia of American medical biography, comprising the lives of eminent deceased physicians and surgeons from 1610 to 1910. (Philadelphia: W.B. S…

1928

#9271

Use of plants by the Chippewa Indians. Smithsonian Institution-Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 44.

DENSMORE, Frances Theresa (1867 – 1957)
DENSMORE, Frances Theresa (1867 – 1957)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1928

#9289

Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians.

SMITH, Huron Herbert (1883 – 1933)
SMITH, Huron Herbert (1883 – 1933)

1928

#9943

The holy incense: A botanical, pharmacological, psychological and archaeological appreciation of the Bible.

MACHT, David Israel (1882 – 1961)
MACHT, David Israel (1882 – 1961)

1928

#10118

Coming of age in Samoa: A psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation.

MEAD, Margaret (1901 – 1978)
MEAD, Margaret (1901 – 1978)

Mead based her study primarily on adolescent girls on the island of Ta'u in the Samoan Islands. The book detailed the sexual life of teenagers in Samoan society in the early 20th century, and theorized that culture ha…

1928

#10287

History of medicine in Nebraska. Albert F. Tyler, Editor. Ella F. Auerbach, Compiler.

TYLER, Albert F. AUERBACH, Ella F.

This work was edited by Tyler from the writings of 24 collaborators. Reprinted and augmented, with an index, by Bernice M. Hetzner. Omaha, NE: University fo Nebraska Medical Center, 1977. Digital facsimile of the 1977…

1928

#10639

Folklore of the teeth.

KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)
KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)

1928

#12909

Partial denture construction: A text book describing the technics of impression taking and the construction of that type of removable partial dentures which are supported and retained by external attachments.

KENNEDY, Edward

First book form exposition of the Kennedy Classification for partially edentulous arches or partial removable dentures. The Kennedy Classification system was originally introduced by Dr. Edward Kennedy in New York in …

1928

#13778

Tumors arising from the blood-vessels of the brain. Angiomatous malformations and hemangioblastomas.

CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939) BAILEY, Percival (1892 – 1973)

1929

#2186

A history of the Medical Department of the United States Army.

ASHBURN, Percy Moreau (1872 – 1940)
ASHBURN, Percy Moreau (1872 – 1940)

1929

#1446.1

Brain mechanisms and intelligence: a quantitative study of injuries to the brain.

LASHLEY, Karl Spencer (1890 – 1958)

Lashley related nervous function and behavior with well-defined areas of the brain, particularly in connection with cerebral lesions.

1929

#2318

Selected readings in pathology.

LONG, Esmond Ray (1890 – 1979)

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

#3735

Rickets, including osteomalacia and tetany.

HESS, Alfred Fabian (1875 – 1933)

Hess made numerous clinical observations on rickets and scurvy and discovered that antirachitic properties could be imparted to certain oils and to food by exposing them to ultra-violet rays. His book includes an impo…

1929 –1932

#3699.1

Dental bibliography. 2 vols.,

WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)

Catalogue, without annotations, of the dental collections of the New York Academy of Medicine.

1929

#4433.1

Osteomyelitis and compound fractures and other infected wounds: Treatment by the method of drainage and rest.

ORR, Hiram Winnett (1877 – 1956)

Orr developed a treatment for open fractures “consisting of thorough debridement, reduction of the fracture, and usually, maintenance of the reduction by the technique of pins transfixing the fragments and incorporate…

1929

#4991

Gestalt psychology.

KÖHLER, Wolfgang (1887 – 1967)

1929

#6299.1

Obstetric forceps, its history and evolution.

DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)
DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)

1929

#7186

The female sex hormone. Part I: Biology, pharmacology and chemistry. Part II: Clinical investigations based on the female sex hormone blood test.

FRANK, Robert Tilden (1875 – 1949)

The first handbook on female sex hormones. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1929

#9629

Benevenutus Grassus of Jerusalem De oculis eorumque egritudinibus et curis: Translated with notes and illustrations from the first printed edition, Ferrara, 1474 A.D

WOOD, Casey Albert (1856 – 1942)
WOOD, Casey Albert (1856 – 1942) GRASSI, Benevenuto [Benevenutus Grassus] (1100 – )

1929

#11003

The history of hemostasis.

HARVEY, Samuel Clark (1886 – 1953)

Reprinted with additions and corrections from Annals of Medical History, N. S. Vol. I, No. 2, March, 1929.

1929

#11004

Stretchers: The story of a hospital unit on the western front.

POTTLE, Frederick Albert (1897 – 1987)

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 …

1929

#13079

Pathfinders: A history of the progress of colored graduate nurses. With biographies of many prominent nurses.

THOMS, Adah Belle (1870 – 1943)
THOMS, Adah Belle (1870 – 1943)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1929

#13404

History of Blockley: A history of the Philadelphia General Hospital from Its inception, 1731-1928.

CROSKEY, John Welsh (1858 – 1951)

1930

#1577

Reflex action. A study in the history of physiological psychology.

FEARING, Franklin (1892 – 1962)

Reprinted, New York, Hafner, 1964.

1930

#1918

Ephedrine and related substances.

SCHMIDT, Carl Frederic (1893 – 1988)
CHEN, Ko Kuei (1898 – 1988)
CHEN, Ko Kuei (1898 – 1988)

A digest of the literature, together with an excellent bibliography. By their earlier work (J. Pharmacol., 1924, 24, 339-57) Chen and Schmidt aroused worldwide interest in ephedrine.

1930

#2256

Burns. Types, pathology and management.

PACK, George Thomas (1898 – 1969) DAVIS, Andrew Hobson (1899 – 1981)

1930

#2239

Nosography, the evolution of clinical medicine in modern times. 2nd ed.

FABER, Knud Helge (1862 – 1956)

A well-illustrated and reliable account.

1930

#4850

The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus. Published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary by James Henry Breasted. 2 vols.

BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)
BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)

At Luxor, Egypt, in 1862 the American collector and dealer in papyri Edwin Smith purchased the papyrus which bears his name. It is preserved at the New York Academy of Medicine. The original text was written about 300…

1930

#6471

The beginnings. Egypt and Assyria.

DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968)

Clio Medica series.

1930

#6540

Medicine in the British Isles

POWER, Sir D’Arcy (1855 – 1941)

Clio Medica series.

1930 –1933

#6588

Medicine in Virginia in the seventeenth (eighteenth, nineteenth) century. 3 vols.

BLANTON, Wyndham Bolling (1890 – 1960)

1930

#6596.9

History of Haitian medicine.

PARSONS, Robert P.

1930

#7797

Historic artificial limbs.

PUTTI, Vittorio (1880 – 1940)

1930

#10301

Medical history of Michigan. Compiled and edited by a committee, C. B. Burr, Chairman, and published under the auspices of the Michigan State Medical Society. 2 vols.

BURR, Colonel Bell (1856 – 1931)

Digital facsimile from the U.S. Library of Congress at this link.

1930

#10316

The centennial history of the Tennessee State Medical Association, 1830-1930.

HAMER, Philip May (1891 – 1971)
HAMER, Philip May (1891 – 1971)

1930

#10333

A brief history of medicine in Massachusetts.

VIETS, Henry Rouse (1890 – 1969)

1930

#11324

The infant welfare movement in the eighteenth century.

CAULFIELD, Ernest (1893 – 1972)

1930

#12150

A history of the California Medical Society.

READ, Jay Marion (1889 – 1963)

1930

#12158

Seed, a novel of birth control.

NORRIS, Charles Gilman (1881 – 1945)
NORRIS, Charles Gilman (1881 – 1945)

1930

#12459

The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo based on the observations made and material collected during the Harvard African Expedition, 1926-1927. Edited by Richard P. Strong. 2 vols.

STRONG, Richard Pearson (1872 – 1948)
STRONG, Richard Pearson (1872 – 1948)

"The Harvard Medical African Expedition of 1926-1927 was an eight-man venture sent by Harvard University for the primary purpose of conducting a medical and biological survey of Liberia; the secondary purpose being to…

1930

#13387

What medicine can do for law. The Anniversary Discourse delivered before the New York Academy of Medicine November 1, 1928.

CARDOZO, Benjamin Nathan (1870 – 1938)
CARDOZO, Benjamin Nathan (1870 – 1938)

When he delivered this presentation Cardozo was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. In 1832 President Herbert Hoover appointed Cardozo to the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

1931

#139.2

Pinocytosis.

LEWIS, Warren Harmon (1870 – 1964)
LEWIS, Warren Harmon (1870 – 1964)

Discovery of pinocytosis.

1931

#4274

Surgical pathology of prostatic obstructions.

RANDALL, Alexander (1883 – 1951)

1931

#4400

Tumors of bone.

GESCHICKTER, Charles Freeman (1901 – 1987) COPELAND, Murray Marcus (1902 – 1981)

1931

#5142.1

The black death and men of learning.

CAMPBELL, Anna Montgomery (1888 – 1965)

1931

#6633

Medicina in nummis. A descriptive list of the coins, medals, jetons relating to medicine, surgery and the allied sciences.

STORER, Horatio Robinson (1830 – 1922)
STORER, Horatio Robinson (1830 – 1922)

This consists mainly of a catalogue of 6,000 medals collected by Horatio Storer, an eminent Boston gynecologist. The collection is now in the Boston Medical Library at Harvard Medical School, and the very thick book, …

1931

#6423

Imhotep to Harvey: Backgrounds of medical history. Forward by Henry Fairfield Osborn.

CAMAC, Charles Nicoll Bancker (1868 – 1940)

1931

#6590

History of medicine in the United States. 2nd. ed. 2 vols.

PACKARD, Francis Randolph (1870 – 1950)

An authoritative source-book of the history of medicine in the United States. The first edition appeared in 1901. Dr. Packard edited the Annals of Medical History from its commencement in 1917 until its decease in 194…

1931

#5468

Yellow fever: an epidemiological and historical study of its place of origin. Edited by Laura Armistead Carter and Wade Hampton Frost.

CARTER, Henry Rose (1852 – 1925)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.