1944 EATON, Monroe Davis (1904 – ); ET AL
Studies on the etiology of primary atypical pneumonia. A filterable agent transmissible to cotton rats, hamsters, and chick embryos.
The Eaton agent, isolated from primary atypical pneumonia. With G. Meiklejohn and W. van Herick.
GMN 3213.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4356
1945
Transmission of primary atypical pneumonia to human volunteers.
COMMISSION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASES
GMN 3214 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4357
1950 GRAHAM, Evarts Ambrose (1883 – 1957); WYNDER, Ernst Ludwig (1922 – 1999)
Tobacco smoking as a possible etiologic factor in bronchogenic carcinoma: A study of 684 proved cases.
A case-control study proving an association between heavy prolonged cigarette smoking and bronchogenic carcinoma. See also the following paper on pp. 336-38. Reprinted in J. Amer. med. Assoc. 1985, 253, 2986-97.
GMN 3215.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4362
1950 DOLL, Sir William Richard Shaboe (1912 – 2005); HILL, Sir Austin Bradford (1897 – 1999)
Smoking and carcinoma of the lung. Preliminary report.
A study of 1,465 cases of lung cancer and 1,465 matched controls, which confirmed and extended the studies of Wynder and Graham, and others. See also later papers by the same authors in Brit. med. J., 1952, 2,1271-86;…
GMN 3215.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4373
1953 KUROYA, Masahiko (1921 – 1976)
Newborn virus pneumonitis (type Sendai). II. The isolation of a new virus possessing hemagglutinin activity.
M. Kuroya, N. Ishida, and T. Shiratori isolated the first recognized Sendai (para-influenza) virus.
GMN 3215.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4374
1957 CHANOCK, Robert Merritt (1904 – 2010); ET AL
Recovery from infants with respiratory illness of a virus related to chimpanzee coryza agent (CCA).
Respiratory syncytial virus. With B. Roizman and R. Myers.
GMN 3215.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4375
1962 CHANOCK, Robert Merritt (1904 – 2010); HAYFLICK, Leonard (1928 – 2024)
Growth on artificial medium of an agent associated with atypical pneumonia and its identification as a PPLO.
Using a novel agar and fluid medium formulation he had devised, Hayflick isolated a unique mycoplasma Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a mycoplasma shown to be the cause of some cases of primary atypical pneumonia, or "walking …
GMN 3215.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4377
1963 PEPYS, Jacob (1914 – 1996)
Farmer’s lung. Thermophilic actinomycetes as a source of “farmer’s lung hay” antigen.
Pepys and five co-authors showed that thermophilic actinomycetes, especially Micropolyspora faeni, were the cause of farmer’s lung due to mouldy hay.
GMN 3215.6 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4378
1964 U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TERRY, Luther (1911 – 1985)
Smoking and health: report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.
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…
GMN 7385 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9557
1977 FRASER, David William
Legionnaires’ disease. Description of an epidemic of pneumonia.
First major scientific account. With 11 co-authors. Legionnaire's disease acquired its name after an outbreak of a then-unknown "mystery disease" sickened 221 persons, causing 34 deaths. The people affected were atten…
GMN 3215.7 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4380
1977 SHEPARD, Charles Carter (1914 – 1985); FRASER, David William; MCDADE, Joseph E.; ET AL
Legionnaires’ disease. Isolation of a bacterium and demonstration of its role in other respiratory disease.
Order of authorship in the original publication: McDade, Shepard, Fraser.... See also p. 1218.
GMN 3215.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4382
