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1952

#13047

Diagnostic and statistical manual: Mental disorders with special supplement on plans for revision.

COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE AND STATISTICS, AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

The first edition was known as DSM-1; DSM-5 was published in 2013.

1952

#13441

The superb library of Bernhard W. Weinberger, D.D.S., on the history and folklore of dentistry. With a preface by Curt Proskaur.

WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)

1952

#13527

Hypnodontics: Hypnosis in dentistry.

MOSS, Aaron A.

"Accepted by the American Dental Association."

1953

#567.1

A bibliography of the research in tissue culture 1884-1950. An index to the literature of the living cell cultivated in vitro.

MURRAY, Margaret Ransome (1901 – ) KOPECH, Gertrude (1915 – )

1953

#4158

Classics in clinical dermatology. With biographical sketches.

SHELLEY, Walter Brown (1917 – 2009) CRISSEY, John Thorne (1924 – 2009)

Contains 143 classic descriptions of cutaneous diseases by 93 writers. Many portraits are also included.

1953

#6357.59

The surgery of infancy and childhood.

GROSS, Robert Edward (1905 – 1988)

Gross developed the specialty of pediatric surgery, inventing numerous operations. This was the first modern comprehensive textbook on the subject.

1953 –1959

#6450

A history of science. Vols. 1-2. (All published.)

SARTON, George Alfred Léon (1884 – 1956)
SARTON, George Alfred Léon (1884 – 1956)

1. Ancient science through the golden age of Greece. 2. Hellenistic science and culture in the last three centuries B.C.

1953

#6603

Historiografia de la medicina colonial hispanoamericana.

GUERRA PÉREZ-CARRAL, Francisco (1916 – 2011)

1953

#7037

Sexual behavior in the human female

KINSEY, Alfred Charles (1894 – 1956)
KINSEY, Alfred Charles (1894 – 1956) POMEROY, Wardell Baxter (1913 – 2001)
MARTIN, Clyde E. (1918 – 2014)
MARTIN, Clyde E. (1918 – 2014)
GEBHARD, Paul Henry (1917 – 2015)
GEBHARD, Paul Henry (1917 – 2015)

1953 –1956

#9446

Official history of the Canadian Medical Services: 1939-1945. Vol. 1: Organization and campaigns. Vol. 2: Clinical subjects. Edited by W. R. Feasby. 2 vols.

FEASBY, W. R.

Digital facsimiles from the Internet Archive at this link.

1953

#9505

A history of the Texas Medical Association 1853-1953.

NIXON, Pat Ireland (1883 – 1965)

1953 –1990

#10203

Ciba collection of medical illustrations. 8 vols. in 13.

NETTER, Frank Henry (1906 – 1991)

"In all, Netter produced nearly 4,000 illustrations, which have been included in countless publications. In perspective, that number represents an image researched, sketched, and completely painted for every three bus…

1953

#11200

Michael Servetus, humanist and martyr. With a bibliography of his works

FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960) SERVETUS, Michael [Miguel Serveto Conesa; also known as Miguel Servet, Miguel Serveto, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve] (1511 – 1553)
STANTON, Madeline Earle (1898 – 1980)
STANTON, Madeline Earle (1898 – 1980)

1953

#11203

A bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809 – 1894)
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809 – 1894) CURRIER, Thomas Franklin (1873 – 1946) TILTON, Eleanor Marguerite (1913 – 1991)

1953

#14369

Nursing team organization and functioning.

LAMBERTSEN, Eleanor C. (1916 – 1998)

Lambertsen developed "team nursing," a system of integrated care distributing the care of a patient among a team working together. In team nursing the registered nurse (RN) functions as a team leader, and coordinates …

1954

#3705.01

Bibliografia odontologica Mexicana.

FASTLICHT, Samuel

1954

#4914.2

Epilepsy and the functional anatomy of the human brain.

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976) JASPER, Herbert Henri (1906 – 1999)

This comprehensive monograph on the mechanism and surgical treatment of epileptic seizures remains Penfield’s most substantial scientific work. See also No. 4910.1.

1954

#6785.1

The development of medical bibliography.

BRODMAN, Estelle (1914 – 2007)
BRODMAN, Estelle (1914 – 2007)

A historical study; includes a list of 255 medical bibliographies published since 1500. Reprinted 1981.

1954

#6451.2

A history of medicine. 1 vol. [in 2]

MAJOR, Ralph Hermon (1884 – 1970)

1954

#7351

The human brain in sagittal section.

SINGER, Marcus (1914 – 1994) YAKOVLEV, Paul Ivan (1894 – 1983)

A superb atlas is based on sagittal sections. This was an innovative approach for the time as almost all previous illustration of the adult human brain was typically based on frontal or horizontal sections: “in conseq…

1954

#11159

Neurosurgery of infancy and childhood.

INGRAHAM, Franc Douglas (1898 – 1965) MATSON, Donald Darrow (1913 – 1969)

The first complete textbook of pediatric neurosurgery. Ingraham, a protegé of Harvey Cushing, established the first pediatric neurosurgery unit at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1929.

1954

#11268

The Johns Hopkins Hospital school of nursing, 1889-1949.

JOHNS, Ethel (1878 – 1968) PFEFFERKORN, Blanche

1954

#11714

Heart disease and industry with particular reference to workmen's compensation cases.

TEXON, Meyer (1910 – 2006)

"The first monograph on the subject" (W. Bruce Fye).

1955

#2360

Historical chronology of tuberculosis. 2nd ed.

BURKE, Richard Michael (1903 – )

1955 –1960

#5551.1

The surgery of Theodoric ca. 1267. Translated from the Latin by Eldridge Campbell and James Colton. 2 vols.

BORGOGNONI, Theodoric (Theodoric of Lucca) (1205 – 1298) CAMPBELL, Eldridge (1901 – 1956) COLTON, James B.

Theodoric, a Dominican friar, was a pupil of Hugh of Lucca (circa 1160-1257), whose teachings are reflected in his writings. Allbutt considered Theodoric to be one of the most original surgeons of all time. Borgognoni…

1955

#8329

Asclepiades, his life and writings: A translation of Cocchi's life of Asclepiades and Gumpert's fragments of Asclepiades, by Robert Montraville Green.

ASCLEPIADES OF BITHYNIA (ἈΣΚΛΗΠΙΆΔΗΣ) (-124 – -40)
ASCLEPIADES OF BITHYNIA (ἈΣΚΛΗΠΙΆΔΗΣ) (-124 – -40) GUMPERT, Christian Gottlieb (1772 – 1832) GREEN, Robert Montraville (1880 – 1955)
COCCHI, Antonio (1695 – 1757)
COCCHI, Antonio (1695 – 1757)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1955

#9027

The Pan American Saintary Bureau: Half a century of health activities 1902-1954.

BUSTAMENTE VASCONCELOS, Miguel E. (1898 – 1986)

Digital facsimile from the Pan American Health Organization at this link.

1955

#9103

A study of abortion in primitive societies. A typological, distributional, and dynamic analysis of the prevention of birth in 400 preindustrial societies.

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

1955 –1969

#9221

Medical Department, United States Army. Preventive medicine in World War II. Editor in chief John Boyd Coates, Jr. Editor for Preventive medicine Ebbe Curtis Hoff. 9 vols.

HOFF, Ebbe Curtis (1906 – 1985)
HOFF, Ebbe Curtis (1906 – 1985) COATES, John Boyd Jr. (1911 – 1996)

Digital facsimile of vols. 2-9 from the Hathi Trust at this link. (When I created this entry in March 2017 it was unclear whether vol. 1 was ever published.)

1955

#9222

Medical Department, United States Army. United States Army Dental Service in World War II.

JEFFCOTT, George F. ( – 2000)

Digital text from U.S. Army Medical Department Office of Medical History at this link.

1955

#9420

A short history of medicine.

ACKERKNECHT, Erwin Heinz (1906 – 1988)
ACKERKNECHT, Erwin Heinz (1906 – 1988)

Revised and expanded edition with a Foreward and Concluding Essay by Charles Rosenberg (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016).

1955

#10249

Medical support of the Army Air Forces in World War II.

LINK, Mae Mills (1915 – 1996) COLEMAN, Hubert Anderson (1903 – )

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1955

#10852

The epidemic of 1830-1833 in California and Oregon.

COOK, Sherburne Friend (1896 – 1974)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1955

#11547

Surgery of the heart.

BAILEY, Charles Philamore (1910 – 1993)

This 1062-page volume was the first textbook of modern cardiovascular surgery.

1955

#11577

Cardiovascular surgery: Studies in physiology, diagnosis and techniques. Proceedings of the symposium held at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, March, 1955. Edited by Conrad R. Lam.

LAM, Conrad Ramsey (1905 – 1990)

This symposium was a foundational work in the history of cardiovascular surgery. It included contributions by most of the pioneers of the closed and open-heart procedures that revolutionaized the care of children and …

1955

#12458

The lung: Clinical physiology and pulmonary function tests.

COMROE, Julius H. Jr. (1911 – 1984) DUBOIS, Arthur Brooks (1924 – 2020) FORSTER, Robert E. II BRISCOE, William A. (1918 – 1985) CARLSEN, Elizabeth

Comroe and associates at the University of Pennsylvania introduced pulmonary function tests developed by physiologists into clinical practice. Comroe invented several of the tests described in the book.

1955

#13140

Airborne contagion and air hygiene: An ecological study of droplet infections.

WELLS, William Firth ( – 1963)
WELLS, William Firth ( – 1963)

"In 1954, Wells began a long-term experiment to demonstrate that tuberculosis could be transmitted through air. At the VA Hospital in Baltimore, collaborating with Riley, John Barnwell, and Cretyl C. Mills, he built a…

1955

#14343

The Negro in science.

TAYLOR, Julius Henry (1914 – 2011)
TAYLOR, Julius Henry (1914 – 2011)

In the forward Martin D. Jenkins pointed out that while African Americans made important contributions to the natural sciences the awareness of the public and even other scientists was rather low. In the first chapter…

1956

#3160.1

Classics in arterial hypertension.

RUSKIN, Arthur

1956

#6485

The public physicians of ancient Greece. (Smith College Studies in History, Vol. XLII.)

COHN-HAFT, Louis (1920 – 2012)

Re-examination of the question of whether the public physicians employed by the Greek city-states derived their entire income from their salaried positions and thus provided free medical care or whether they received …

1956

#7238

Botanical exploration of the trans-Mississippi West 1790-1850.

MCKELVEY, Susan Delano (1883 – 1964)

Reprinted with a new introduction and bibliographical supplement by Stephen Dow Beckham, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 1991.

1956

#7418

Lincoln's fifth wheel: the political history of the U. S. Sanitary Commission.

MAXWELL, William Quentin

1956

#8020

The Medical Department: Hospitalization and evacuation, zone of interior. The U. S. Army in World War II: The technical services.

SMITH, Clarence McKittrick (1913 – 2002)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1956

#9367

Soranus' Gynecology. Translated by Owsei Temkin with the assistance of Nicolson J. Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, and Alan F. Guttmacher.

TEMKIN, Oswei (1902 – 2002) EDELSTEIN, Ludwig (1902 – 1965) SORANUS OF EPHESUS (ΣΩΡΑΝΌΣ) (100 – 150) GUTTMACHER, Allan Frank (1898 – 1974) EASTMAN, Nicholson Joseph (1895 – 1973)

1956

#10326

The history of medical education in Indiana

MYERS, Burton Dorr (1870 – 1951)

1957

#1092.52

A history of nutrition.

MCCOLLUM, Elmer Verner (1879 – 1967)
MCCOLLUM, Elmer Verner (1879 – 1967)

1957

#2681

Progress in the techniques of soft tissue examination by 15 MC pulsed ultrasound. In: Ultrasound in biology and medicine, ed. E. Kelly, pp. 30-48.

WILD, John Julian Cuttance (1914 – 2009) REID, John M. (1926 – )

1957

#5436.1

The adoption of inoculation for smallpox in England and France.

MILLER, Genevieve (1914 – 2013)

The appendices contain the early histories of inoculation, a list of German doctoral dissertations on inoculation 1720-52, and a bibliography.

1957

#6650.2

Women doctors of the world.

LOVEJOY, Esther Pohl (1869 – 1967)
LOVEJOY, Esther Pohl (1869 – 1967)

1957

#6603.2

Historia y medicina; figuras y hechos de la historiografia médica mexicana.

SOMOLINOS D’ARDOIS, Germán (1911 – 1973)