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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

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1962

#7841

Silent spring.

CARSON, Rachel Louise (1907 – 1964)
CARSON, Rachel Louise (1907 – 1964)

This very carefully documented book convincingly proved the disastrous effects of DDT in the environment, and generated a storm of controversy. It was later credited with founding the "environmental movement" in the U…

1962

#7927

The cholera years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866.

ROSENBERG, Charles Ernest (1936 – )

Edition with new Afterword published in 1987.

1962

#7946

Peresadka zhiznenno vazhnykh organov v eksperimente. Experimental transplantation of vital organs. Authorized translation from the Russian by Basil Haigh.

DEMIKHOV, Vladimir Petrovich (Влади́мир Петро́вич Де́михов) (1916 – 1998)
DEMIKHOV, Vladimir Petrovich (Влади́мир Петро́вич Де́михов) (1916 – 1998) HAIGH, Basil (1919 – 2005)

Demikhov coined the term transplantology, and this work, first published in Russian in 1960, and translated and published in 1962 in New York, Berlin and Madrid, was the first monograph on transplantation of organs an…

1962

#8484

Data acquisition and processing in biology and medicine. Proceedings of the 1961 Rochester conference. Edited by Kurt Enslein.

ENSLEIN, Kurt (1924 – 2015)

Records of the first conference on "biomedical data processing" held in a medical school in the United States.

1962

#9695

Byzantine medicine: Tradition and empiricism.

TEMKIN, Oswei (1902 – 2002)

1962

#9887

The human skeleton in forensic medicine.

KROGMAN, Wilton Marion (1903 – 1987)

1962

#10285

Medicine in the making of Montana. Written by Paul C. Phillips from his own researches and the pioneer manuscripts of Llewellyn L. Callaway. Additional researches and notes by contributors.

PHILLIPS, Paul Chrisler (1883 – 1956) CALLAWAY, Llewellyn Link (1868 – 1951)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1962

#10357

A history of American medical ethics, 1847-1912.

KONOLD, Donald Enloe (1924 – )

The first history of medical ethids in the United States. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1962

#11602

Heart-lung bypass: Principles and techniques of extracorporeal circulation.

GALLETTI, Pierre M. (1927 – 1997) BRECHER, Gerhard A.

1962

#11850

Disinfected mail: Historical review and tentative listing of cachets, handstamp markings, wax seals, wafer seals and manuscript certifications alphabetically arranged according to countries, by K.F. Meyer, in collaboration with C. Ravasini ...[et al.].

MEYER, Karl Friedrich (1884 – 1974)
MEYER, Karl Friedrich (1884 – 1974) RAVASINI, Carlo

From the 15th to near the end of the 19th century attempts were made to decontaminate mail which had been in contact with plague, smallpox, cholera, and other contagious diseases.

1962

#13082

Results of the first United States Manned Orbital Space Flight February 20, 1962.

MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER

Ch. 3: "Life support systems and biomedical instrumentation." Ch. 8: "Aeromedical preparation and results of postflight medical examinations." Ch. 9: "Physiological responses of the astronaut." Ch. 10: "Astronaut prep…

1962

#13580

The Rudolph Matas history of medicine in Louisiana. Edited by John Duffy. 2 vols.

MATAS, Rudolph (1860 – 1957)
MATAS, Rudolph (1860 – 1957)
DUFFY, John (1915 – 1996)
DUFFY, John (1915 – 1996)

1963

#2068.5

History of pharmacy. 3rd ed.

URDANG, George (1882 – 1960)
KREMERS, Edward (1865 – 1941)
KREMERS, Edward (1865 – 1941)

4th ed., 1976, revised by G. Sonnedecker.

1963

#5019.4

Psychoanalysis, psychology and literature: A bibliography.

KIELL, Norman (1916 – )

Contains 4,460 references.

1963

#5546.7

The evolution and eradication of infectious diseases.

COCKBURN, Aidan (1912 – 1981)

1963

#5813.4

The story of wound healing and wound repair.

WHIPPLE, Allen Oldfather (1881 – 1963)

See No. 3659.1.

1963

#6495.8

The medical writings of Moses Maimonides. Treatise on asthma.

MAIMONIDES, (Moses ben Maimon; מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹן‎; Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn; موسى بن ميمون‎‎ Mūsā bin Maymūn) (1135 – 1204) MUNTNER, Suessman Alexander (1897 – 1973)

1963

#7868

Botanic manuscript of Jane Colden, 1724-1766. Edited by H.W. Rickett and E.C. Hall.

COLDEN, Jane (1724 – 1766) RICKETT, Harold William (1896 – 1989) HALL, Elizabeth Cornelia (1898 – 1989)

Colden was the first distinguished American woman botanist. Her work is known only from an untitled manuscript by her on the flora of the lower Hudson River Valley of New York that is preserved in the Natural History …

1963

#7947

The MEDLARS story at the National Library of Medicine.

U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1963

#8349

A catalogue of incipits of mediaeval scientific writings in Latin. Revised and augmented edition.

THORNDIKE, Lynn (1882 – 1965)
THORNDIKE, Lynn (1882 – 1965) KIBRE, Pearl (1900 – 1985)

1963

#8642

The martyrdom of Jewish physicians in Poland: Studies by Dr. Leon Wulman and Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum. Research and Documentation by Dr. Leopold Lazarowitz and Dr. Simon Malowist. Edited by Louis Falstein.

FALSTEIN, Louis (1909 – 1995)
WULMAN, Lejb (Leon) (1887 – 1971)
WULMAN, Lejb (Leon) (1887 – 1971) TENENBAUM, Joseph LAZAROWITZ, Leopold (1895 – 1965) MALOWIST, Simon

"Of the more than 3 million Jewish Poles that perished during the Holocaust, approximately 3,000 were physicians. It was the goal of the Alliance members to memorialize those physicians who perished during the Holocau…

1963

#8835

The journal of James Yonge, Plymouth surgeon (1647-1721). Edited by F. N. L. Poynter.

POYNTER, Frederick Noel Lawrence (1908 – 1979) YONGE, James (1646 – 1721)

A complete account of Yonge's life from the age of ten until the age of 61. "It is considered to be the most important diary of the 17th century after those of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn.[1] In it Yonge mentioned fa…

1963

#11598

Periodic health examinations: Abstracts from the literature. Public Health Service Publication No. 1010.

SIEGEL, Gordon S.

An annotated bibliography of the literature to June 1962. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1963

#13033

Animal species and evolution.

MAYR, Ernst Walter (1904 – 2005)
MAYR, Ernst Walter (1904 – 2005)

Condensed and extensively revised as Populations, species and evolution. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970.

1964

#4509.1

A short history of the gout and the rheumatic diseases.

COPEMAN, William Sydney Charles (1900 – 1970)
COPEMAN, William Sydney Charles (1900 – 1970)

1964

#1588.1

Circulation of the blood: men and ideas.

FISHMAN, Alfred Paul (1918 – 2010)
RICHARDS, Dickinson Woodruff (1895 – 1973)
RICHARDS, Dickinson Woodruff (1895 – 1973)

1964

#3161.1

The history of electrocardiography.

BURCH, George Edward (1910 – 1986) DEPASQUALE, Nicholas P. (1927 – 2018)

Reprinted with new introduction by Joel D. Howell, San Francisco, Norman Publishing, 1990.

1964

#2581.4

Selected papers on virology.

HAHON, Nicholas (1924 – 2016)

1964

#2702.2

Classic descriptions in diagnostic roentgenology. 2 vols.

BRUWER, André Johannes (1918 – )

A compilation of pioneer contributions to the technology and methodology of diagnostic roentgenology.

1964

#6633.2

Medals relating to medicine and allied sciences in the numismatic collection of The Johns Hopkins University.

FREEMAN, Sarah Elizabeth

Full descriptions of 922 items; some illustrated.

1964

#6603.5

Las ciencias médicas en Guatemala: origen y evolución. 3rd ed.

MARTINEZ DURAN, Carlos (1906 – 1974)

1964

#7385

Smoking and health: report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.

U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
TERRY, Luther (1911 – 1985)
TERRY, Luther (1911 – 1985)

Definitive 386-page throughly documented study of the carcinogenic and pulmonologic effects of smoking, and the addictive aspects of nicotine. It was published under the supervision of Surgeon-General Luther Terry. Di…

1964

#7712

Bones, bodies, and disease. Evidence of disease and abnormality in early man.

WELLS, Calvin Percival Bampfylde (1908 – 1978)

1964

#8145

Essays on the history of physiology in Russia, by Kh.S. Koshtoyants. Editor of English translation: Donald B. Lindsley. Translated from the Russian by David Boder, Kristan Hanes [and] Natalie O'Brien.

KOSHTOYANTS, Khachatur Sedrakovich (1900 – 1961)

Focuses on neurophysiology, especially the work of Sechenov and Pavlov. Originally published in Moscow, 1946.

1964

#8719

Give and take: The development of tissue transplantation.

MOORE, Francis Daniels (1913 – 2001)

1964 –1971

#8783

A history of medicine in South Carolina. Vol. 1: 1670-1825. Vol. 2: 1825-1900. Vol. 3: 1900-1970.

WARING, Joseph Ioor Jr. (1897 – 1977)

1964

#9396

The works of Sir Thomas Browne. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. 4 vols.

KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
BROWNE, Sir Thomas (1605 – 1682)
BROWNE, Sir Thomas (1605 – 1682)

Revised and slightly expanded from Keynes's first edition (6 vols., London: Faber & Faber, 1928-31).

1964

#9437

Galen's Institutio logica. English translation, introduction and commentary by John Spangler Kieffer.

GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) KIEFFER, John Spangler (1904 – 1975)

1964

#9535

A short history of midwifery.

CUTTER, Irving Samuel (1875 – 1945) VIETS, Henry Rouse (1890 – 1969)

Supplemented reprint of Cutter's "Historical sketch of the development of midwifery and gynecology," Obstetrics and Gynecology, edited by Arthur H. Curtis, I, 4-194 (Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1933).

1964

#10181

Early anthropology in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

HODGEN, Margaret Trabue (1890 – 1977)

1964

#10363

Veterinary medicine and human health.

SCHWABE, Calvin W. (1927 – 2006)

Foundational work on veterinary epidemiology. At the University of California, Davis in 1966 Schwabe founded the first epidemiology department and graduate program in a school of veterinary medicine. Unusually extensi…

1964

#10453

The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: Its first century.

HENRY, Robert S.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1964

#10948

An index to selected Japanese medical literature of Pre-Meiji times.

MESTLER, Gordon E.

This is an index to a series of 5 offprints by Mestler entitled "A galaxy of old Japanese medical books with miscellaneous notes on early medicine in Japan" published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association…

1964

#11422

Medicine and health in New Jersey: A history.

COWEN, David L. (1909 – 2006)

1964

#11672

Parasites of the human heart.

KEAN, Benjamin Harrison (1912 – 1993) BRESLAU, Roger C.

1964

#11707

A history of respiration.

GOTTLIEB, Leon S.

1964

#12153

History of the Medical Society of the State of California.

JONES, Joseph Roy (1888 – 1975)

Digital facsimile from ssvms.org at this link.

1964

#12693

Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564.

O’MALLEY, Charles Donald (1907 – 1970)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)

1965

#1685.1

History and geography of the most important diseases.

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

Originally published in German, 1963.

1965

#2138.1

Essays on the history of aviation medicine.

SERGEYEV, A. A.

"Translation of Ocherki po istorii aviatsionnoy meditsiny," Moscow: U. S. S. R. Academy of Sciences Publishing House, 1962. Primarily useful for the history of aviation medicine in Russia, with a very extensive biblio…