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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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1983 –1984

#13716

Health sciences in early Islam. Collected papers by Sami K. Hamarneh. Edited by Munawar A. Anees. 2 vols.

HAMARNEH, Sami Khalaf (1925 – 2010) ANEES, Munawar A.

1984

#461.4

Early history of human anatomy, from antiquity to the beginning of the modern era.

PERSAUD, T. Vidhya N.

1984

#1588.20

Science and medicine in France. The emergence of experimental physiology, 1790-1855.

LESCH, John E. (1945 – )

1984

#2068.21

Electricity and medicine: A history of their interaction.

ROWBOTTOM, Margaret SUSSKIND, Charles (1921 – 2004)

1984

#2663

Galen on respiration and the arteries. An edition with English translation and commentary of De usu respirationis, An in arteriis natura sanguis contineatur, De usu pulsuum, and De causis respirationis, by David J. Furley and J. S. Wilkie.

GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) FURLEY, David John (1922 – 2010) WILKIE, James S.

Galen's system of medicine based on the minutiae of pulse variations persisted into the 18th century.

1984

#3415.21

The hearing aid: its operations and development. Third edition.

BERGER, Kenneth W.

Includes a comprehensive listing of manufacturers and the models each produced.

1984

#6501.3

Medicine in the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides.

ROSNER, Fred (1931 – )

1984

#6742.1

Dictionary of American medical biography. Edited by Martin Kaufman, Stuart Galishoff, and Todd L. Savitt. 2 vols.

KAUFMAN, Martin (1940 – ) SAVITT, Todd L. (1943 – ) GALISHOFF, Stuart (1940 – )

1984

#258.13

Evolution: The history of an idea.

BOWLER, Peter J. (1944 – )
BOWLER, Peter J. (1944 – )

Fourth edition, revised and enlarged, 2009.

1984

#7272

The origins of modern humans: A world survey of the fossil evidence.

SPENCER, Frank (1941 – 1999) SMITH, Fred H.

An historical and analytical review of the literature up to 1984, with detailed bibliographies, by several outstanding authorities, edited by Smith and Spencer. Includes, pp. 411-483, Milford H. Wolpott, Wu Xin Zhi, a…

1984

#8411

The poet-physician: Keats and medical science.

GOELLNICHT, Donald (1953 – )

For the edition of John Keats' medical and physiological notebook see No. 6622.1.

1984

#8460

Medieval Islamic Medicine: Ibn Ridwan's Treatise "On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt". Translated and introduced by Michael W. Dols, with Arabic text by Adil S. Gamal.

IBN RIDWAN AL-MISRI, Abu'l Hassan Ali (988 – 1061) DOLS, Michael Walters (1942 – )

1984

#8622

American medicine and statistical thinking, 1800-1860.

CASSEDY, James H. (1919 – 2007)

1984

#8624

Understanding the liver: A history.

CHEN, Thomas S. CHEN, Peter S.

1984

#8636

The history of the health care sciences and health care, 1700-1980: A selective annotated bibliography.

ERLEN, Jonathon

1984

#8789

Modern Chinese medicine: Vol. 1: Chinese surgery: A comprehensive review of surgery in the People's Republic of China Vol. 2: Chinese medicine: A comprehensive review of medicine in the People's Republic of China. Vol. 3: Chinese health care: A comprehensive review of health services in the People's Republic of China. Edited by He-Guang Wu and Rui-Tu Ran.

WU, He-Guang RAN, Rui-Tu

1984

#9098

The complete works of Aristotle. The revised Oxford translation. Edited by Jonathan Barnes. 2 vols.

ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322)
ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322) BARNES, Jonathan (1942 – )

Reprinted with corrections, 1995. "The Oxford Translation of Aristotle was originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 and 1954. It is universally recognized as the standard English version of Aristotle. This revi…

1984

#10105

The AMA and U.S. health policy since 1940.

CAMPION, Frank D.

1984

#10243

Secret passions, secret remedies: Narcotic drugs in British Society, 1820-1930.

PARSSINEN, Terry M.

"....The major orientation is to opium, with two chapters on its alkaloid, morphine, occasional references to cocaine, and a mention of heroin. There is an enlightening discussion of reasons for the initial acceptance…

1984

#10298

Medical education in Mississippi: A history of the School of Medicine.

BRIDGFORTH, Lucie Robertson

1984

#10302

Medicine in Maryland, 1634-1900,

CARROLL, Douglas

1984

#10327

History of the black physician in Indianapolis 1870 to 1980.

RAWLS, George H. (1928 – )

1984

#10330

Stapling in surgery.

RAVITCH, Mark Mitchell (1910 – 1989) STEICHEN, Félicien M. (1926 – 2011)

Ravitch and Steichen refined primitive surgical stapling systems that were developed in Russia, and made them viable in a wide range of procedures.

1984

#11325

Highlights in the development of medical history in the United States (Materials from an exhibit).

CASSEDY, James H. (1919 – 2007)

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1984

#11363

Readings in medical artificial intelligence: The first decade. Edited by William Clancey and Edward H. Shortliffe.

SHORTLIFFE, Edward Hance (1947 – )
SHORTLIFFE, Edward Hance (1947 – ) CLANCEY, William J. (1952 – )

1984

#11658

Lipoplasty: The theory and practice of blunt suction lipectomy. Edited by G. P. Hetter.

HETTER, Gregory P.

The first comprehensive review in English of the development of liposuction, theory, and technique, including the techniques of Illouz and Fournier. Includes several chapters by Pierre Fournier, including "A history a…

1984

#11692

Giambattista Morgagni, Clinical consultations, the edition of Enrico Benassi (1935) translated and revised by Saul Jarcho.

MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (1682 – 1771)
MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (1682 – 1771) JARCHO, Saul Wallenstein (1906 – 2000)

Italian text and English translation of 100 clinical consultation lettes written by Morgagni, discussing patients that in most cases he had not seen, a practice that was considered acceptable at the time. Morgagni gav…

1984

#12281

Physicians, law and ethics.

CHAPMAN, Carelton B. (1915 – 2000)

1985

#1588.21

The brain machine: The development of neurophysiological thought.

JEANNEROD, Marc (1935 – 2011)
JEANNEROD, Marc (1935 – 2011)

Translation of Le cerveau-machine: physiologie de la volonté, Paris, 1983.

1985

#1931.8

The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th ed.

GOODMAN, Louis Sanford (1906 – 2000)
GOODMAN, Louis Sanford (1906 – 2000)
GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984)
GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984)

Includes useful historical information.

1985

#1757.2

Surgeons at the Bailey. English forensic medicine to 1878.

FORBES, Thomas Rogers (1911 – 1988)

1985

#3161.7

Hematology, the blossoming of a science: a story of inspiration and effort.

WINTROBE, Maxwell Myer (1901 – 1986)

1985

#2581.11

Immunology to 1980. An illustrated bibliography of titles in the Middleton Health Sciences Library, including the Julius M. Cruse collection.

WHITCOMB, Dorothy

Citations, with paginations, of 3480 items. Author and subject indices

1985

#3705.4

Dentistry: An illustrated history.

RING, Malvin E. ( – 2010)

1985

#5019.20

Neurosurgical giants: Feet of clay and iron.

BUCY, Paul Clancy (1904 – 1992)

Brief biographical essays by various authors, edited by Bucy. The companion volume, Modern neurosurgical giants (1986) includes articles on living neurosurgeons, written by colleagues. Neither volume includes bibliogr…

1985

#5768.7

The creation of aesthetic plastic surgery.

GONZÁLEZ-ULLOA, Mario (1913 – 1995)

Reprints useful papers from Aesthetic plast. Surg., 1976-85. No index.

1985

#6610.18

Ars medica: Art, medicine, and the human condition.

KARP, Diane R. (1948 – )

Fully annotated and illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, prints, drawings, book illustrations, and photographs. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1985

#6639.11

Nursing: the finest art. An illustrated history.

DONAHUE, Mary Patricia (1925 – )

The most elaborately illustrated history available.

1985

#6495.4

Medicine in China: A history of ideas.

UNSCHULD, Paul Ulrich (1943 – )

The first comprehensive and analytical history of therapeutic concepts and practices in China, encompassing all aspects of Chinese medicine over 3500 years. Approximately one third of the work consists of primary text…

1985

#6524.5

Medieval medical miniatures.

JONES, Peter Murray

1985

#6786.28

American medical imprints, 1820-1910. 2 vols.

CORDASCO, Francesco (1920 – 2001)

The work of over 40 years, this catalogue describes over 36,000 books, pamphlets, and broadsides, arranged by decade, from 1820-1910, with a comprehensive index. Included is an essay: 19th century American medical lit…

1985

#6986

Symposium on Byzantine medicine. Edited by John Scarborough.

SCARBOROUGH, John

Dumbarton Oaks Papers No. 38, 1984.

1985

#7713

Identification of pathological conditions in human skeletal remains.

ORTNER, Donald J. (1938 – 2012) PUTSCHAR, Walter J. G. (1904 – 1987)

Second edition by Ortner as sole author (2003).

1985

#8123

Medical ethics in antiquity: Philosophical perspectives on abortion and euthanasia.

CARRICK, Paul (1946 – )

1985

#8203

Aphrodisiacs: The science and the myth.

TABERNER, Peter V.

1985

#8297

Hippocrates Latinus: Repertorium of Hippocratic writings in the Latin Middle Ages. Revised edition with additions and corrections.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)
HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) KIBRE, Pearl (1900 – 1985)

A systematic attempt to gather the names and locations of manuscripts on the individual treatises that circulated in the Latin West before 1500 under the name or aegis of Hippocrates of Cos.

1985

#8374

Learning to heal: The development of American medical education.

LUDMERER, Kenneth M. (1947 – )
LUDMERER, Kenneth M. (1947 – )

1985

#8567

Dioscorides on pharmacy and medicine.

RIDDLE, John M. (1937 – )

1985

#8883

The collected essays of Sir William Osler. 3 vols. Edited by John P. McGovern and Charles G. Roland.

OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919) ROLAND, Charles Gordon (1933 – 2009) MCGOVERN, John P. (1921 – 2007)

Vol. 1: The philosophical essays. Vol. 2: The educational essays. Vol. 3: The historical and biographical essays.

1985

#9233

An account of the foxglove and its medical uses 1785-1985.

WITHERING, William (1741 – 1799)
WITHERING, William (1741 – 1799) ARONSON, Jeffrey Kenneth (1947 – )

This work consists of a reproduction of Withering's classic text published in 1785, extensively annotated by Aronson, followed by Aronson's history of "the use of the digitalis glycosides and related compounds over th…