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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

United States

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

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1960

#5813.2

The surgeon’s glove.

RANDERS-PEHRSON, Justine (1910 – )

Contains an extensive bibliography.

1960

#6623.2

The torch.

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)

A romantic and inspirational historical novel about Hippocrates by the great Canadian neurosurgeon.

1960

#6786.2

A catalogue of the H. Winnett Orr historical collection and other rare books in the library of the American College of Surgeons.

ORR, Hiram Winnett (1877 – 1956) PRIME, L. Marguerite

Describes 2289 rare books primarily concerning surgery, military medicine, and orthopaedics, donated by H.Winnett Orr (1877-1956).

1960

#7878

Surgical diseases of the pancreas.

HOWARD, John Malone (1919 – 2011) JORDAN, George Lyman (1921 – )

The first comprehensive textbook on pancreatic disease.

1960

#8682

The library of the Medical Institution of Yale College and its catalogue of 1865.

KILGOUR, Frederick Gridley (1914 – 2006)

1960 –1979

#9377

The collected works of C. G. Jung. 20 vols. Edited by Gerhard Adler, Michael Fordham and Herbert Read. Translated from the German by R. F. C. Hull.

JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875 – 1961)
JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875 – 1961) ADLER, Gerhard (1904 – 1988) HULL, Richard Francis Carrington (1913 – 1974) FORDHAM, Michael Scott Montague (1905 – 1995)

First collected edition, in English translation, published by the Bollingen Foundation created by Paul and Mary Mellon. Vol. 19, General bibliography, was revised and brought up to date for a second edition in 1990. V…

1960

#11219

A bibliography of internal medicine: Selected diseases.

BLOOMFIELD, Arthur Leonard (1888 – 1962)

Literature on "selected diseases" presented in chronological order, beginning with auricular fibrillation and ending with trichinosis, emphasizing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

1960

#11433

Catalog of the Edgar Fahs Smith memorial collection in the history of chemistry.

SMITH, Edgar Fahs (1854 – 1928)
SMITH, Edgar Fahs (1854 – 1928)

Catalogue of the collection formed by Smith, provost of the University of Pennsylvania. The collection was augmented by the university after its donation by Smith.

1960

#11767

The first Internation Symposium on Cardiology in Aviation. Conducted at the School of Aviation Medicine 12-13 November 1959. USAF Aerospace Medical Center (ATC). Edited by Lawrence E. Lamb.

LAMB, Lawrence E. (1926 – 2015)

1960

#12353

Thoracic surgery before the 20th century.

HOCHBERG, Lew A.

1960

#13195

The transplantation of tissues and organs.

WOODRUFF, Sir Michael Francis Addison (1911 – 2001)

Contains an unusually extensive bibliography.

1960

#13748

The use of LSD in psychotherapy: Transactions of a conference of D-Lysergic Acid Diethymlamide (LSD-25), April 22, 23 and 24, 1959, Princeton, N. J. Edited by Harold A. Abramson.

ABRAMSON, Harold Alexander (1899 – 1980)

1961

#2581.3

Milestones in microbiology.

BROCK, Thomas Dale (1926 – )
BROCK, Thomas Dale (1926 – )

Readings from primary sources, with commentary.

1961

#3161.01

A history of thoracic surgery

MEADE, Richard Hardaway (1897 – )

Includes cardiovascular surgery.

1961

#5813.3

Great ideas in the history of surgery.

ZIMMERMAN, Leo M. (1898 – 1980) VEITH, Ilza (1915 – 2013)

1961

#6786.3

Early American medical imprints. A guide to works printed in the United States 1668-1820.

AUSTIN, Robert B.

Describes 2105 items with paginations. Reprinted 1977.

1961

#6945

Bibliography of memory.

YOUNG, Morris Nathan (1909 – 2002)

The most complete bibliography to date on this subject. Regarding Young, see the unusually interesting obituary in The New York Times at this link.

1961

#7200

The encyclopedia of sexual behavior.

ELLIS, Albert (1913 – 2007)
ELLIS, Albert (1913 – 2007) ABARBANEL, Albert Brandt (1912 – )

1961

#7352

The human cerebellum. An atlas of gross topography in serial sections.

YAKOVLEV, Paul Ivan (1894 – 1983) ANGEVINE, Jay Bernard Jr. (1928 – 2012) MANCALL, Elliott L. (1927 – 2013)

1961

#7991

The first catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. Washington, 1840. Facsimile copy of the original manuscript published to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the National Library of Medicine.

U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1961

#8764

Doctors, patients, and health insurance: The organization and financing of medical care.

SOMERS, Herman Miles (1911 – 1991) SOMERS, Anne

1961

#8866

Thought reform and the psychology of totalism. A study of "brainwashing" in China.

LIFTON, Robert Jay (1926 – )
LIFTON, Robert Jay (1926 – )

1961

#9223

Medical Department of the United States Army in World War II. United States Army Veterinary Service in World War II.

MILLER, Everett B.

"The Army Veterinary Service has three major missions: (1) Inspection of food used by the military including its processing and the sanitary inspections of the establishments producing it; (2) provision of a comprehen…

1961

#10321

A history of the therapy of tuberculosis and the case of Frederic Chopin.

LONG, Esmond Ray (1890 – 1979)

1961

#10854

The ethnobotany of pre-Columbian Peru.

ASHLEY-TOWLE, Margaret Elizabeth (1902 – 1985)

"....based on analysis of 2200 wild and cultivated plant specimens with clearly defined archaeological contexts... Part I is a systematic ethnobotany with pertinent citations of the botanical and archaeological litera…

1961

#10855

Mohave ethnopsychiatry and suicide: The psychiatric knowledge and the psychic disturbances of an Indian tribe.

DEVEREUX, George (1908 – 1985)
DEVEREUX, George (1908 – 1985)

1961

#10949

Japanese botany during the period of wood-block printing.

BARTLETT, Harley Harris (1886 – 1960) SHOHARA, Hide

I. An essay on the development of natural history, especially botany, in Japan; on the influence of early Chinese & Western contacts; on Japanese books & wood-block illustration. II. An exhibition of Japanese books & …

1961

#10992

Every man our neighbor: A brief history of the Massachusetts General Hospital.

GARLAND, Joseph Everett (1922 – 2011)

1961

#11211

The first catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, Washington, 1840.

HISTORY OF MEDICINE DIVISION, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

Facsimile copy and first publication in print of the original manuscript catalogue published to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the National Library of Medicine, Washington, 1961. The first (manuscript) …

1961

#11420

America's pre-pharmacopeial literature.

COWEN, David L. (1909 – 2006)

1961

#11586

An atlas of acquired diseases of the heart and great vessels. 3 vols.

EDWARDS, Jesse Efrem (1911 – 2008)

1961

#12015

No time for prejudice: A story of the integration of negroes in nursing in the United States.

STAUPERS, Mabel Keaton

Primarily a history of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses [NACGN], which existed for the express purpose of "promoting unity within the nursing profession and furthering the cause of democracy." Integ…

1961

#12165

Hypokinetic disease: Diseases produced by lack of exercise

WHITE, Paul Dudley (1886 – 1973)
WHITE, Paul Dudley (1886 – 1973) RAAB, Wilhelm (1895 – 1970) KRAUS, Hans (1905 – 1996)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1961

#12413

The toadstool millionaires.

YOUNG, James Harvey (1915 – 2006)

Chronicles the rise of the patent medicine trade from its beginnings in colonial America until passage of the first federal food and drug law. Digital text available from quackwatch.org at this link.

1961

#13057

Bionics Symposium. Living prototypes-the key to new technology. Wadd Technical Report 60-600. Edited by Joan C. Robinette.

ROBINETTE, Joan C.

1961

#13083

Proceedings of a conference on results of the first U.S. manned suborbital space flight. June 6, 1961.

U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.) NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)

Ch. 4: "Review of biomedical systems for MR-3 flight." Ch. 5: "Results of preflight and postflight medical examinations" Ch. 6: "Bioinstrumentation in MR-3 flight." Ch.7: "Physiological responses of the astronatu in t…

1961

#13084

Results of the second U.S. manned suborbital space flight July 21, 1961.

MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER

Ch. 3: "Results of the MR-4 preflight and postflight medical examination conducted on astronaut Virgil I. Grissom." Ch. 4: "Physiological responses of the astronaut in the MR-4 space flight." Ch. 5: "Flight surgeon's …

1962

#2137.02

Occupational health in America.

WHITTACKER, Alfred Heacock (1894 – 1982) SELLECK, Henry B.

Written under the auspices of the Industrial Medical Association, this history emphasizes 20th century achievements.

1962

#2432.1

A history of syphilis.

DENNIE, Charles Clayton (1883 – 1971)
DENNIE, Charles Clayton (1883 – 1971)

1962

#6786.4

American medical bibliography 1639-1783.

GUERRA PÉREZ-CARRAL, Francisco (1916 – 2011)

Lists and describes 719 books, pamphlets, and broadsides, 506 almanacs, 25 magazines, and 224 newspapers published in the area now forming the U.S.A.

1962

#7417

Medicines for the Union Army: the United States Army Laboratories during the Civil War.

SMITH, George Winston

1962

#7841

Silent spring.

CARSON, Rachel Louise (1907 – 1964)
CARSON, Rachel Louise (1907 – 1964)

This very carefully documented book convincingly proved the disastrous effects of DDT in the environment, and generated a storm of controversy. It was later credited with founding the "environmental movement" in the U…

1962

#7927

The cholera years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866.

ROSENBERG, Charles Ernest (1936 – )

Edition with new Afterword published in 1987.

1962

#7946

Peresadka zhiznenno vazhnykh organov v eksperimente. Experimental transplantation of vital organs. Authorized translation from the Russian by Basil Haigh.

DEMIKHOV, Vladimir Petrovich (Влади́мир Петро́вич Де́михов) (1916 – 1998)
DEMIKHOV, Vladimir Petrovich (Влади́мир Петро́вич Де́михов) (1916 – 1998) HAIGH, Basil (1919 – 2005)

Demikhov coined the term transplantology, and this work, first published in Russian in 1960, and translated and published in 1962 in New York, Berlin and Madrid, was the first monograph on transplantation of organs an…

1962

#8484

Data acquisition and processing in biology and medicine. Proceedings of the 1961 Rochester conference. Edited by Kurt Enslein.

ENSLEIN, Kurt (1924 – 2015)

Records of the first conference on "biomedical data processing" held in a medical school in the United States.

1962

#9695

Byzantine medicine: Tradition and empiricism.

TEMKIN, Oswei (1902 – 2002)

1962

#9887

The human skeleton in forensic medicine.

KROGMAN, Wilton Marion (1903 – 1987)

1962

#10285

Medicine in the making of Montana. Written by Paul C. Phillips from his own researches and the pioneer manuscripts of Llewellyn L. Callaway. Additional researches and notes by contributors.

PHILLIPS, Paul Chrisler (1883 – 1956) CALLAWAY, Llewellyn Link (1868 – 1951)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1962

#10357

A history of American medical ethics, 1847-1912.

KONOLD, Donald Enloe (1924 – )

The first history of medical ethids in the United States. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1962

#11602

Heart-lung bypass: Principles and techniques of extracorporeal circulation.

GALLETTI, Pierre M. (1927 – 1997) BRECHER, Gerhard A.