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

1974

#10982

Heritage of excellence: The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions 1914-1947.

1974

#11327

From medical police to social medicine.

1974

#11371

Proceedings of the second Interdisciplinary Symposium on Gender Dysphoria Syndrome. Edited by Donald R. Laub and Patrick Gandy.

A symposium held at the Stanford University School of Medicine, February 2-4, 1973. It is probable that this is the first separate publication on the medical and surgical aspects of transsexuality -- male to female an…

1974

#11553

Corpuscles: Atlas of red blood cell shapes.

A spectacular oversize atlas reproducing 121 photographs of erythrocytes as visualized with a scanning electron microscope. The first edition was published in English, followed by an edition in French in 1976.

1974

#12343

The courage to fail: A social view of organ transplants and dialysis.

Includes chapters on the heart transplantation moratorium and the artificial heart.

1974

#12444

Before Silent Spring: Pesticides and public health in pre-DDT America.

1974

#12491

A history of public health in New York City.

1974

#13825

Historical medical classics involving new drugs. Foreward by Charles H. Best.

1975

#461.3

Studies in pre-Vesalian anatomy. Biography, translation, documents by L. R. Lind.

Includes English translations of texts by Alessandro Achillini, Alessandro Benedetti, Berengario da Carpi, Gabriele Zerbi, Niccolo Massa, Andrés de Laguna, J. Dryander and G. B. Canano.

1975

#1588.15

The neurosciences: Paths to discovery.

Thirty-one contributions to a symposium in honour of F. O. Schmitt.

1975

#1588.16

Translations in respiratory physiology.

English translations of 22 classic papers (some quite lengthy) with introductions by various experts.

1975

#2068.14

An historical account of pharmacology to the 20th century.

1975 –1978

#3911.1

Pioneers in neuroendocrinology. 2 vols.,

1975

#5019.17

World history of psychiatry. Edited by J.G. Howells.

Contributions by 42 authors.

1975

#5813.10

The healing hand: Man and wound in the ancient world.

Emphasizing surgery, this is an exceptionally imaginative and exquisitely designed and illustrated history of medicine in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China.

1975

#6610.11

The anatomical works of George Stubbs.

Reproduces all of the known anatomical drawings of the painter, George Stubbs (1724-1806), together with his midwifery illustrations and the text and plates for his work on anatomy of the horse. (No. 308.1).

1975

#257.6

Sociobiology: The new synthesis.

Integration of biological and evolutionary theory with the study of social behavior and social organization of animal populations.

1975

#7054

Textbook of Black-related diseases. Edited by Richard A. Williams.

The first textbook on diseases of African Americans written by African American physicians. The book set the tone for recognizing the importance of race and ethnicity in the evalutation, diagnosis, and treatment of pa…

1975

#7393

Phacoemulsification and aspiration: the Kelman technique of cataract removal.

Kelman introduced phacoemulsification in 1967.

1975

#7522

Telemedicine: Explorations in the use of telecommunications in health care.

The first book on telemedicine, with contributions by 18 authors, including Kenneth T. Bird. In the final chapter the editors summarize telemedicine programs then operational in the United States. The book also includ…

1975

#7982

Historical statistics of the United States: Colonial times to 1970. Bicentennial edition. 2 vols.

Chapter B, "Vital statistics and health and medical care." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link; from the U. S. Census Bureau at this link.

1975

#8448

Anglo-Saxon prose.

Includes translations of medical material. Third revised and enlarged edition (Gloucester, England: Choir Press, 2017).

1975

#9135

Blue Cross since 1929: Accountability and the public trust.

1975

#9270

Cherokee plants their uses - a 400 year history.

1975

#9345

Herbal pharmacology in the People's Republic of China: A trip report of the American Herbal Pharmacology Delegation. Submitted to the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China.

Digital facsimile from swsbm.com at this link.

1975

#10252

Biomedical results of Apollo.

Full text available from history.nasa.gov at this link.

1975

#10263

Antivivisection and medical science in Victorian society.

1975

#10808

The centennial history of the Boston Medical Library 1875-1975.

1975

#11691

Heart and coronary arteries: An anatomical atlas for clinical diagnosis, radiological investigation, and surgical treatment.

With 1,098 images this is "probablly the highest quality atlas of the heart ever produced" (W. Bruce Fye). This atlas received recognition throughout the world, including a Gold Medal at the International Book Festiva…

1975

#13639

The hospital: A social and architectural history.

"This book is about the hospital ward, also called the nursing unit or inpatient unit. Part 1 gives a history of nursing unit floor plans since roman times. Part 2 reviews contemporary planning problems. Part 3 contai…

1976

#4483.3

Classics of orthopaedics.

Eighty classic papers and sections from books, reprinted from the series of articles in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

1976

#4483.5

On the shoulders of giants. Notable names in hand surgery.

A history of hand surgery.

1976

#2028.9

Resuscitation: an historical perspective. Catalogue of an exhibit at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists…

1976

#2312.7

Paleopathological diagnosis and interpretation: bone diseases in ancient human populations.

The first text providing diagnostic criteria for evaluating ancient skeletal remains.

1976

#1757.1

Highlights in medicolegal relations. Revised & enlarged ed.

1976

#1766.609

American medical education: the formative years, 1765-1910.

1976

#3705.05

Tooth mutilations and dentistry in pre-Columbian Mexico.

First edition in English. First edition, in Spanish, 1971.

1976 –1980

#5766.5

Cleft craft: The evolution of its surgery. 3 vols.

An encyclopedic monograph on cleft palate surgery, exceptionally well written, illustrated, and produced, incorporating an historical approach.

1976

#6550.7

The great instauration. Science, medicine and reform, 1626-1660.

1976

#6786.20

A history of scientific and technical periodicals. The origins and development of the scientific and technical press, 1665-1790. 2nd ed.

“Includes much of medical interest and contains several tables indicating comparative numbers of periodicals on various subjects at different dates” (L.T.Morton).

1976

#6596.3

Two centuries of American medicine 1776-1976.

A valuable supplement to Packard (No. 6590), besides covering the main events in American medicine.

1976

#7072

The face of madness. Hugh W. Diamond and the origin of psychiatric photography. Edited by Sander L. Gilman.

Papers by Diamond, including their illustrations, edited with an extensive annotated introduction.

1976

#7486

The wild boy of Aveyron.

1976

#7519

The uses of enchantment: The meaning and importance of fairy tales.

1976

#8055

The naturalist in Britain: A social history.

1976

#8236

Galen on the affected parts. Translated by Rudolph E. Siegel.

1976

#8457

Tacuinum sanitatis: The medieval health handbook.

1976

#8497

Asian medical systems: A comparative study, edited by Charles Leslie.

1976

#8658

Physician signers of the Declaration of Independence.

1976

#8778

A catalogue of the rare book collection in the Northwestern University Dental School Library. Edited by Wilma Troxel.