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3,694 entries published in North America.

1959

#13591

Dr. Kelly of Hopkins: Surgeon, Scientist, Christian.

Davis was a personal friend of Kelly for twenty years. She based this biography partly on Kelly's notebooks and journals that Kelly left her upon his death.

1959

#13800

Public health in the town of Boston, 1630-1822.

1959

#14191

A history of the American Dental Association 1859-1959.

1959

#14227

Einführung in die stereotaktischen Operationen mit einem Atlas des menschlichen Gehirns. Introduction to stereotaxis with an atlas of the human brain. Large folio text plus 2 large folio binders of plates with captions.

One of the most elaborately produced medical books of the 20th century, with numerous very large plates folding out to the size of four folio sheets, and numerous photographs with plastic overlays.

1959

#14358

Trigeminal neuralgia: Its history and treatment.

Based on over 700 cases of trigeminalneuralgia which were seen and operated on by Dr. Stookey. The chapters on nonsurgical treatment, alcohol injection, and the statistical studies were prepared by Dr. Ransohoff.

1960

#2243

The history of internal medicine. Selected diseases.

Attempts to list and annotate every reference of fundamental importance in the development of 21 selected diseases.

1960

#2581.2

Microbiology. Historical contributions from 1776-1908.

1960

#3415.1

The conquest of deafness: a history of the long struggle to make possible normal living to those handicapped by lack of normal hearing.

Education for the deaf.

1960

#5813.2

The surgeon’s glove.

Contains an extensive bibliography.

1960

#6623.2

The torch.

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.

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.

The first comprehensive textbook on pancreatic disease.

1960

#8682

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

1960

#12353

Thoracic surgery before the 20th century.

1960

#13195

The transplantation of tissues and organs.

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.

1961

#2581.3

Milestones in microbiology.

Readings from primary sources, with commentary.

1961

#3161.01

A history of thoracic surgery

Includes cardiovascular surgery.

1961

#5813.3

Great ideas in the history of surgery.

1961

#6786.3

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

Describes 2105 items with paginations. Reprinted 1977.

1961

#6945

Bibliography of memory.

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.

1961

#7352

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

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.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1961

#8764

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

1961

#8866

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

1961

#9223

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

"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.

1961

#10854

The ethnobotany of pre-Columbian Peru.

"....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.

1961

#10949

Japanese botany during the period of wood-block printing.

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.

1961

#11211

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

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.

1961

#11586

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

1961

#12015

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

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

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1961

#12413

The toadstool millionaires.

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.

1961

#13083

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

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.

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 …

1961

#13590

Nicolás Bautista Monardes: Su vida y su obra, ca. 1493-1588.

1962

#2137.02

Occupational health in America.

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

1962

#2432.1

A history of syphilis.

1962

#6786.4

American medical bibliography 1639-1783.

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.