United States
3,553 entries published in United States. 279 publication places.
1937
#10198
The Citadel.
This novel was "groundbreaking with its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later.[1] "For hi…
1937
#10672
Religion and medicine of the Ga people.
1937
#11215
A bibliography of the works of Ambroise Paré: Premier chirugien & conseiller du Roy
1937 –1969
#11629
Tobacco: Its history illustrated by the books, manuscripts and engravings in the library of George Arents, Jr. 5 vols. + 10 Supplements.
1937
#11797
A sex starved world.
A eugenic utopian fantasy, in which we accompany a doctor in his dream journey to the liberated land of Amor. Pritcher presents an impassioned argument for free universal health care, contraception, no-fault divorce, …
1937
#13880
Journal of a seaplane cruise around the world August 20, 1934 to January 24, 1935.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
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
#1451
The primate thalamus.
1938
#3707
Riboflavin deficiency in man; a preliminary note.
Ariboflavinosis
1938
#5808
The romance of proctology, which is the story of the history and development of this much neglected branch of surgery.
1938
#6650
A history of women in medicine from the earliest times to the beginning of the ninteenth century.
1938
#7103
The ape in antiquity.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1938
#7406
Margaret Sanger: An autobiography.
1938
#8224
A critical bibliography of German literature in English translation, 1481-1927: With supplement embracing the Years 1928-1935. Second edition, completely revised and greatly augmented.
Includes translations of many non-fictional works, including those in biology, etc. It was reprinted several times. The 1938 edition is searchable at Google Books at this link. Digital facsimile of the 1922 first edit…
1938
#10408
The horse and buggy doctor.
The bestselling work by this Kansas physician documenting the practice of medicine in the rural midwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1938
#11775
Flower and fruit prints of the 18th and Early 19th centuries: Their history, makers and uses, with a catalogue raisonné of the works in which they are found.
1938
#12593
A medical survey of the republic of Guatemala, by George Cheever Shattuck. With the collaboration of Joseph C. Bequaert, Margaret M. Hilferty, Jack H. Sandground [and] Samuel Drury Clark.
Organized and directed by the Department of Tropical Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1938
#12621
Biology and pathology of the tooth and its supporting mechanism
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.
1938
#13328
Bound feet.
The author was assistant superintendent of Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals in Boston and Assistant Professor of Tropical Diseases at Boston University School of Medicine. His book is part travelogue and part memoir o…
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
#4671.2
Successful transfer of the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis virus from the cotton rat to the white mouse.
Armstrong adapted the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis to the cotton rat and then to the mouse, greatly facilitating experimental work on the disease.
1939
#534
The rise of embryology.
Includes a fine bibliography.
1939
#2137.10
Principles and practice of aviation medicine.
Used by all American flight surgeons during World War II.
1939
#2525
The anaerobic bacteria and their activities in nature and disease. A subject bibliography. 2 vols.
Supplements were published: 1938-1975, 8 vols., 1941-82.
1939
#2581
Bacteriology.
A much briefer history than Bulloch’s but with a thorough and accurate bibliography.
1939
#2722
Circulatory diseases of the extremities.
1939
#3802
The endocrine glands
Goldzieher dealt very fully with the history, theory, and practice of endocrinology.
1939
#4250.2
Architecture of the kidney in chronic Bright’s disease.
A description of the morphological changes in the nephrons of diseased kidneys. Hypertrophic, atrophic and aglomerular units are described.
1939
#4403.2
Operative orthopedics.
First edition of the most influential American textbook of orthopedics in the twentieth century.
1939
#5721.1
The art of anesthesia. 6th ed.
Flagg had an important influence on American anesthesia. The Flagg can is described on p. 148 of his book.
1939
#6465.1
Navajo medicine man. Sandpaintings and legends of Miguelito from the John Frederick Huckel Collection
Navajo sandpaintings are traditionally made only for the healing ceremony in which they are used, and then destroyed. This book contains superb reproductions on sand-colored paper of watercolor versions of the sandpai…
1939
#6654
BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE. 7-
Vol. 1-6, 1933-38 entitled Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine. Recent issues may be viewed from Project Muse at: http://muse.jhu.edu/journal/24 .
1939
#6594
The first Negro medical society. A history of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia.
A detailed history of the “first American Negro medical society formed in America and probably in the world”. Cobb was the first black American medical historian of note.
1939
#6914
The nature of the chemical bond and the structure of molecules and crystals: An introduction to modern structural chemistry.
This book set forth in detail Pauling's valence-bond theory based on the quantum-mechanical concept of resonance between two energy states, which led to his highly innovative idea that the hybridization of orbitals (e…
1939
#9323
Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Bulletin No. 15.
1939
#10226
Alcoholics Anonymous: The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism.
"Describes how to recover from alcoholism, primarily written by William G. "Bill W." Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). It is the originator of the seminal "twelve-step method" widely used to tr…
1939
#10688
Nutrition and physical degeneration: A comparison of primitive and modern diets and their effects.
"The 1939 foreword to the book, written by physical anthropologist Earnest A. Hooton, lauded Price's work for confirming previous research that dental caries were less prevalent in "savages" and attempting to establis…
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.
1939
#11787
The measurement of adult intelligence.
Wechsler made the first attempt to construct an intelligence scale specifically for adults. Until his effort, most intelligence tests used with adults were not standardized for anyone over 18. "Discusses the construct…
1939
#12448
Sleep and wakefulness as alternating phases in the cycle of existence.
Discusses phases of the sleep cycle, experimental work on sleep and wakefulness, sleep disorders and their treatment, and such sleep-like states as hypnosis and hibernation.
1939 –2015
#12964
The collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek / Alle de Brieven van Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. Edited, illustrated & annotated by a committee of Dutch scientists. 17 vols. through 2015.
1939
#13305
Jewish magic and superstition: A study in folk religion.
1939 –1941
#13432
The Dr. Howard A. Kelly library catalogue
Parts 1-6.
1939
#14053
A preliminary atlas of early human fetal activity.
The first published photographic study of fetal physiology using live human fetuses. Includes 20 full-age photographic plates, each with 6-12 images (189 total). The fetuses, all between 8.5 and 14 weeks gestation, we…
1939
#14362
Atlas of surgical operations
Considered a new type of surgical textbook, with particularly remarkable illustrations by Codding. The work, which was initially used as a field guide for American military personnel during World War II, remained in p…
1940
#1811.1
The Badianus manuscript. (Codex Barberini, Latin, 241) Vatican Library. An Aztec herbal of 1552. Edited and translated by Emily W. Emmart.
The earliest complete Mexican medical text and the only medical text known to be the work of native Aztecs. Written by an Aztec physician named by the Spanish Martin de la Cruz, and translated into Latin by another na…
1940
#6649
Faiths that healed.
1940
#6495
The Chinese way in medicine.
1940
#6435