North America
3,694 entries published in North America.
1895
#5799
The history and literature of surgery. IN: System of surgery, edited by Frederic S. Dennis, assisted by John S. Billings. 1, 17-144.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1895
#6649.92
Pioneer work in opening the medical profession to women; autobiographical sketches.
Blackwell led the movement in America to open the medical profession to women.
1895
#8653
An atlas of the fertilization and karyokinesis of the ovum.
The first atlas of photomicrographs showing fertilization and cellular development during mitosis. The photomicrographs were taken by Leaming. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1895
#9001
Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1895
#9320
The mental development of the child and the race.
A central text in the development of social psychology in North America; now also considered a pioneering study of adaptive learning, and in this sense a precursor to research in artificial intelligence. Digital facsi…
1895
#11890
Essentials of vegetable pharmacognosy: A treatise on structural botany, designed especially for pharmaceutical and medical students, pharmacists and physicians. Part 1. The gross structure of plants by Henry H. Rusby. Part 2. The minute structure of plants by Smith Ely Jelliffe.
A detailed guide to the way that botanic drugs were identified and produced in America at the end of the 19th century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1895
#13839
Biblioteca botánico-mexicana: Catálogo bibliográfico, biográfico y crítico de autores y escritos referentes a vegetales de México y sus aplicaciones, desde la conquista hasta el presente.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1896
#6719
Physicians and surgeons of America. (Illustrated.) A collection of biographical sketches of the regular medical profession.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1896
#238
The cell in development and inheritance.
Wilson emphasized the function of cytology in the study of embryology, heredity, evolution and general physiology. The above work has been called the single most influential treatise on cytology of the 20th century. T…
1896
#9639
Atlas of nerve cells. With the cooperation of Oliver S. Strong and Edward Leaming.
Photomicrographs by Leaming. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1896
#10793
Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived form an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day, abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed.
Digital facsimile of the 1900 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
1896
#10825
Medical and dental colleges of the west: Historical and biographical.
Covers institutions in Chicago and environs: Augustana Hospital, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Michael Reese Hospital, Northwestern University Medical …
1896
#11823
Race traits and tendencies of the American Negro.
Hoffman was statistician for the Prudential Insurance Company of America. This work, "Hoffman's first, characterized African Americans as exceptionally disease-prone. The work was motivated by a concern about issues o…
1897
#514
The development of the frog's egg; an introduction to experimental embryology.
First work in English on experimental embryology.
1897 –1899
#127
Experimental morphology. 2 pts.
1897
#6719.1
The pioneers of homoeopathy.
Brief biographies of about 500 homepathic physicians from all countries who were practitioners prior to 1835. In the first part Bradford docmented the lives of those who assisted Hahnemann. Digital facsimile from the …
1897
#6342.2
The diseases of infancy and childhood.
The first really complete and authoritative American text on the subject.
1897
#6867
Repertory of the homoeopathic materia medica.
1349 pp. In his Divided Legacy: the Bacteriological Era (1994) Harris Coulter commented, “The most remarkable contribution to Homoeopathic practice since the death of Constantine Hering (1880) was the Repertory of J. …
1897
#6954
Autobiography of Andrew T. Still, with a history of the discovery and development of the science of osteopathy. Together with an account of the founding of the . . . . . American School of Osteopathy; and lectures delivered before that institution from time to time during the progress of the discovery.
Still founded osteopathy, and opened the first school of osteopathy, now A.T. Still University, in 1892. He was also an early promoter of preventive medicine and the philosophy that physicians should focus on treating…
1897
#8725
The history of the Pennsylvania Hospital 1751 to 1895
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1897
#9567
Photographic atlas of diseases of the skin. A series of eighty plates comprising one hundred illustrations photographed from life and colored by hand.
Large folio, issued in 16 parts, each image hand-colored and signed by Fox. This was physically the largest work and presumably the most expensive work issued by Fox.
1897
#10296
A catalogue of scientific and technical periodicals, 1665-1895. Together with chronological tables and a library checklist. 2nd edition.
Includes one of the most comprehensive listings of scientific periodicals, including medical, up to the time of publication. The chronological tables show the runs of the various journals within a time frame. There ar…
1897
#10597
Skin diseases of children. With twelve photogravure and chromographic plates, and sixty illustrations in the text.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1897
#11651
Lectures on angina pectoris and allied states.
"This monograph, based on seven lectures Osler delivered at Johns Hopkins, is his longest publication dealing with heart disease. He discusses the history of the recognition of angina, the pathophysiology of coronary …
1897
#11875
The origin of disease, especially of disease resulting from intrinsic as opposed to extrinsic causes. With chapters on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. With one hundred and thirty-seven original illustrations.
The most valuable features of this work are the exceptionally fine and delicate histologic illustrations engraved on steel and printed on thick paper to eliminate show-through. Each image is faced with detailed explan…
1897
#12608
Standard history of the medical profession of Philadelphia. Edited by Frederick P. Henry, with the collaboration of James M. Anders....
"The materials of the first five chapters were collected by an experienced historian in the employ of the publishers"--Pref. 2nd ed; 1977, identifies as Burton Alva Konkle. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at th…
1897
#12800
Audubon and his journals by Maria R. Audubon. With zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues. 2 vols.
A biographical study by his grand-daughter, based on previously unpublished letters and journals of John James Audubon. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1898
#4586.1
The nervous system and its diseases.
“The foremost American neurology book of the Nineteenth Century” (McHenry), and the only text of the period to contain a section on the chemistry of the nervous system.
1898
#648
A digest of metabolism experiments in which the balance of income and outgo was determined.
1898
#6108
Operative gynecology. 2 vols.
Kelly, professor of gynecology at Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University, was a leading gynecologist in America. This work is notable for its 315 illustrations and ten plates, mostly by Max Brödel, the most famous …
1898
#7058
The Red Cross in peace and war.
Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881. Although Henry Dunant had suggested in 1864 that Red Cross societies provide disaster relief as well as wartime services, Barton became the strongest advocate for the dev…
1898
#13222
History of the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania; The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia
Now Drexel University College of Medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1899
#1707
Statistical methods, with special reference to biological variation.
Davenport introduced statistical methods into American evolutionary studies.
1899
#1428
Einleitung in die vergleichende Gehirnphysiologie und vergleichende Psychologie.
1899
#2680.01
The mechanics of surgery.
An encyclopedic work that described illustrated and analysed the entire range of instrumentation employed in medical and surgical practice at the end of the 19th century. Reprinted with introduction by James M. Edmons…
1899
#5622
An experimental research into surgical shock.
Crile saw and recorded elevations in systemic and portal venous pressures under experimental shock.
1899
#7336
The nervous system and its constituent neurones, Designed for the use of practitioners of medicine and of students of medicine and psychology.
Considered a masterpiece of compilation of the new scientific evidence for the neuron theory. "Also contains Gertrude Stein’s first publication, which consists of a quote and further description of her developmental w…
1899
#9273
Animal and plant lore collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk. Edited and annotated by Fanny D. Bergen.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1899
#9403
Philosophy of osteopathy.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1900
#2687.2
The use of the Röntgen ray by the Medical Department of the United States Army in the war with Spain (1898).
The Spanish-American War was the first war in which X rays were used for diagnostic purposes. This is the first report on the application of X rays in military medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at …
1900 –1928
#4981
Studies in the psychology of sex. 7 vols.
Ellis's Studies represent a lifetime of research devoted to the subject, at first in the face of bitter opposition.
1900
#6110
Cancer of the uterus: Its pathology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment. Also the pathology of diseases of the endometrium.
Includes first clinical and pathological study of hyperplasia of the endometrium. Cullen is remembered eponymically for “Cullen’s sign”, a discoloration of the skin about the umbilicus, regarded as a sign of ruptured …
1900
#5456
A note on the interval between infecting and secondary cases of yellow fever from the records of yellow fever at Orwood and Taylor, Mississippi, in 1898.
Carter's determination of the incubation period yellow fever influenced the direction of Reed’s researches, and was instrumental in the discovery of the mode of transmission of the yellow fever virus.
1900
#6881
The logic of figures, or comparative results of homoeopathic and other treatments.
A comparison of mortality rates in institutions and private practice between homeopathic and other modes of treatment. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library at the Internet Archive at this link.
1900
#9475
The ethno-botany of the Coahuilla Indians.
"The ʔívil̃uqaletem (or Ivilyuqaletem) are Native Americans of the inland areas of southern California.[2] Their original territory included an area of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km2). The traditional Cahuilla te…
1900
#10314
One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri: Historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions. Edited by Max A. Goldstein.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1900
#10588
Anatomy in its relation to art. An exposition of the bones and muscles of the human body with especial reference to their influence upon its actions and external form.
The work was offered for sale by J. B. Lippincott with title pages dated 1901. Digital facsimile of the Lippincott issue from Google Books at this link.
1900
#11289
Cancer of the stomach: A clinical study.
This was Osler's first collaboration with Thomas McCrae. Osler and McCrae reviewed 150 cases of cancer of the stomach seen at Johns Hopkins in an encyclopedic fashion. Surgery was often recommended for definitive diag…
1900
#12317
Physicians and surgeons of the West. Illinois edition.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1900
#13204
As nature shows them. Moths and butterflies of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. With over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. 2 vols.
Includes 56 nature-printed and handcolored plates produced from impressions of the wings of the actual insects pressed onto the paper. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.