1871 LONGET, François Achille (1811 – 1871)
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu Docteur Longet.
GMN 13489 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15763
1871 DUMÉRIL, Auguste Henri André (1812 – 1870)
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. Aug. Duméril.
GMN 13494 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15768
1872 –1877 PRITZEL, Georg August (1805 – 1874)
Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium inde a rerum botanicarum initiis ad nostra usque tempora. Quindecim millia operum recensens. Editionem novam reformatam.
First published in 1851, this documents literature from ancient times to publication date. Research involved examination of 40,000 works in libraries at Vienna, Geneva, London, Paris and various German locations. Digi…
GMN 9069 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11248
1872 DENONVILLIERS, Charles-Pierre (1808 – 1872)
Catalogue des livres de médecine et de chirurgie composant la bibliothèque de feu de M. de Docteur Denonvilliers.
GMN 13490 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15764
1872 DANYAU, Antoine Constant (1803 – 1871)
Catalogue des livres anciens et modernes rare et curieux composant la bibliothèque de feu M. le Docteur Danyau.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13491 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15765
1873 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army. 3 vols.
The first formal published catalogue of the ancestor of the US National Library of Medicine, prepared under the supervision of John Shaw Billings. Vols. 1-2 represented an author catalogue A-Z. Vol. 3: Supplement: Ano…
GMN 11212 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13409
1874 DAREMBERG, Charles Victor (1817 – 1872); PAULY, Alphonse (1830 – 1909)
Bibliographie des sciences médicales.
Cites books and articles. Author index. Begun by Daremberg and completed by Pauly.
GMN 6760.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8209
1876 GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
History of American medical literature from 1776 to the present time.
GMN 6761 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8216
1876 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
Specimen fasciculus of a catalogue of the National Medical Library, under the direction of the Surgeon-General, United States Army at Washington, D. C.
This analystical subject-author catalogue was a 96-page preview of what became known four years later as the Index-Catalogue of the Library of Surgeon General's Office. Reflecting Billings' long term view of the insti…
GMN 11261 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13458
1876 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
International Exhibition of 1876. Medical Department, U.S. Army. Photographs illustrating rare books in the National Medical Library. Philadelphia, 1876. 2 vols.
These two volumes include a series of original photographs of primarily the title pages of rare medical books in the National Medical Library pasted onto specially printed sheets with manuscript entries indicating the…
GMN 13160 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15419
1877 WÜSTENFELD, Heinrich Ferdinand (1808 – 1899)
Die Uebersetzungen arabischer Werke in das Lateinische seit dem XI. Jahrhundert.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6761.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8218
1877 –1882 PLATEAU, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand (1801 – 1883)
Bibliographie analytique des principaux phénomènes subjectifs de la vision, depuis les temps anciens jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe siècle, suivie d'une bibliographie simple pour la partie écoulée du siècle actuel.
Première section: Persistance des impressions sur la rétine. Deuxième section: couleurs accidentelles ordinaires du succession. Troisième section: images qui succèdent à la contemplation d'objets brillants. Quatrième …
GMN 9640 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11827
1878 –1879 WARING, Edward John (1819 – 1891)
Bibliotheca therapeutica, or bibliography of therapeutics, chiefly in reference to articles of the materia medica, with numerous critical, historical, and therapeutical annotations, and an appendix containing the bibliography of British mineral waters. 2 vols.
References to over 10,000 items, ‘arranged under 660 separate headings or articles,’ some with comments by the compiler. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 2034 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2173
1878 BERNARD, Claude (1813 – 1878)
Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque scientifique de Claude Bernard.
Auction catalogue of Bernard's library conducted by Bernard's publisher and bookseller, J.-B Baillière et Fils. The sale, conducted over 4 days, included 1077 lots. Most were books published during Bernard's lifetime.…
GMN 11427 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13626
1878 –1880 COUES, Elliott Ladd (1842 – 1899)
American ornithological bibliography. 4 parts. (Also called "Ornithological bibliography").
This is an exhaustive work up to time of publications, including scientific references to American birds in publications, the titles of which do not indicate any ornithological material. [Pt. 1.] Geological and Geogra…
GMN 11788 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13990
1879 –1899 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913); FLETCHER, Robert (1823 – 1912); U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
Index Medicus. A monthly classified record of the current medical literature of the world. Vols. 1-21.
"Functionally, however, the greatest difference between the two publications [Index Medicus and the Index-Catalogue] was that the Index-Catalogue was a government publication and Index Medicus was not. For its entire …
GMN 6762 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8227
1879 PIFFARD, Henry Granger (1842 – 1910)
Bibliotheca dermatologica. Catalogue of cutaneous literature in the library of Henry G. Piffard.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 13855 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16145
1880 –1961 U.S. WAR DEPT. SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE; BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913); U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
Index-catalogue of the library of the Surgeon General’s Office. Vol. 1-16; 2nd ser., vol. 1-21; 3rd ser., vol. 1-10; 4th ser., vol. l-11(A-Mn); 5th ser., vol. 1-3.
In 1836 Surgeon General Joseph Lovell established a small collection of medical books for the use of his staff. This was the origin of the “Surgeon General’s Library.” John Shaw Billings did much to develop the librar…
GMN 6763 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8233
1881 –1894 TARUFFI, Cesare (1821 – 1902)
Storia della teratologia. 8 vols. (Tomo 1-3, 5-7 called pt. 1; t. 4 and 8 called pt. 2, Note ed osservazioni.)
The most extensive history and bibliography of teratology ever published, even though the section on malformations of single organs and parts was never completed. Contains excerpts and detailed abstracts of innumerabl…
GMN 534.67 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/122
1881 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913); BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892); HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809 – 1894); CHADWICK, James Read (1844 – 1905)
Dedication of the New Building and Hall of the Boston Medical Library Association, 19 Boylston Place, December 3, 1878. Order of exercises. Address by the president, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Report of the building committee. Remarks by Dr. J. S. Billings, Prof. Justin Winsor, Dr. George H. Lyman, Charles W. Eliot, Dr. David P. Smith, Dr. Calvin Ellis, Dr. Henry I. Bowditch.
The printed wrapper of this pamphlet has a different text: Address delivered at the dedication of the Hall of the Boston Medical Library Association, December III., MDCCLXXVIII., by Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D., Presid…
GMN 10809 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13005
1881 VERENIGING TEGEN DE KWAKZALVERIJ
Nederlands Tijdschrift tegen de Kwakzalverij. Vol. 1- .
Founded in 1881, this Dutch organization is the oldest skeptical organization in the world investigating alternative medicine and quackery. It has published its periodical since 1881. The archive of the periodical may…
GMN 11416 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13615
1881 GOULD, John (1804 – 1881)
Catalogue of the ornithological library of the late John Gould.
GMN 13425 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15697
1881 JACKSON, Benjamin Daydon (1846 – 1927)
Guide to the literature of botany; being a classified selection of botanical works, including nearly 6000 titles not given in Pritzel's 'Thesaurus."
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 13705 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15989
1885 CROWLEY, C. George
Dental bibliography: A standard reference list of books on dentistry published throughout the world from 1536 to 1885.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 3694 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5744
1885 –1901 DUNCAN, Alexander
Alphabetical catalogue of the library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow preceded by an index of subjects. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.
GMN 13866 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16156
1886 TAFT, Jonathan Collins (1820 – 1903)
Index to the periodical literature of dental science and art, as presented in the English language.
Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
GMN 7387 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9559
1887 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
Catalogue of books in the medical and biological libraries at University College, London. With an appendix.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 11606 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13806
1889 MONDEVILLE, Henri de (1260 – 1316); PAGEL, Julius Leopold (1851 – 1912)
Die Anatomie des Heinrich von Mondeville. Nach einer Handschrift der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin von Jahre 1304 zum ersten Male herausgegeben von J. Pagel.
Mondeville was the first teacher known to have lectured with the aid of illustrations, using 13 charts of human anatomy. He lectured at Montpellier. Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archiv…
GMN 362 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/382
1889 DAVID, Théophile-Timothée (1851 – 1892)
Bibliographie français de l’art dentaire.
Concerns the French literature of dentistry.
GMN 3694.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5748
1889 –1900 PROKSCH, Johann Karl (1840 – 1923)
Die Litteratur über die venerischen Krankheiten von der ersten Schriften über Syphilis aus dem Ende des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zum Jahre 1889. (Supplement Band I. Enthält die Litteratur von 1889-99 und Nachträge aus früherer Zeit.) 5 vols.
Reprinted Nieuwkoop, De Graaf 1966.
GMN 5226 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7843
1890 CORDASCO, Francesco (1920 – 2001); ALLOWAY, David Nelson
Medical education in the United States: A guide to information sources.
"2364 references to bibliographies, journal articles, books, dictionaries, directories, histories, biographical accounts, and miscellaneous literature. Intended to provide the basic references from which the developme…
GMN 13188 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15449
1890 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
Rare medical books. Remarks made by Dr. John S. Billings at the meeting of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Society, December 16th, 1889.
This three page paper is primarily a detailed bibliographical listing of a selection of rare books that Billings brought from the Army Medical Library for exhibition at Johns Hopkins Hospital. This was probably the fi…
GMN 13587 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15865
1891 BOLTON, Henry Carrington (1843 – 1903)
Catalogue of works on alchemy and chemistry. Exhibited at The Grolier Club, 29 East 32d St. New York, Jan. 16th to Jan. 26th, 1891.
This appears to be the second catalogue of a U.S. exhibition of rare books on any scientific subject, following John Shaw Billing's catalogue of his exhibition of books from the Army Medical Library at Johns Hopkins H…
GMN 13573 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15851
1892 –1982 HASSALL, Albert (1862 – 1942); STILES, Charles Wardell (1867 – 1941); ET AL
Index-catalogue of medical and veterinary zoology.
An index to the world's literature on parasites and parasitisms of man, of domestic animals, and of wild animals whose parasites may be transmitted to man and domestic animals. It also contains references to fur-beari…
GMN 355 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/289
1892 BRADFORD, Thomas Lindsley (1847 – 1898)
Homeopathic bibliography of the United States, from the year 1825 to the year 1891.
Of particular value for researching homeopathic literature, societies and institutions in America from 1825 to 1891. Digital facsimile from the Hathitrust at this link.
GMN 6764.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8236
1892 COSTA, Carlos (1844 – )
Catalogo systematico da bibliotheca da Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro organisado pelo Carlos Costa.
Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
GMN 13498 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15773
1893 STEINSCHNEIDER, Moritz (1816 – 1907)
Die hebräischen Uebersetzungen des Mittelalters. 2 vols.
Reprinted, 1956.
GMN 6765 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8239
1893 BOLTON, Henry Carrington (1843 – 1903)
A select bibliography of chemistry 1492-1892.
Bolton, a chemist, was the earliest American bibliographer of chemistry. His first edition, which atempted to list "the principal books on chemistry published in Europe and America from the rise of the literature to t…
GMN 11425 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13624
1894 SUDHOFF, Karl Friedrich Jakob (1853 – 1938); PARACELSUS, [Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim] (1493 – 1541)
Bibliographia Paracelsica: Besprechung der unter Theophrast v. Hohenheim's Namen 1527-1893 erschienenen Druckschriften
GMN 11210 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13407
1895 LÉON, Nicholás (1859 – 1929)
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.
GMN 13839 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16129
1897 –1899 ELLIS, Henry Havelock (1859 – 1939); BEDBOROUGH, George; SEYMOUR, Henry Albert (1861 – 1938)
The adult: A journal for the advancement of freedom in sexual relationships. 3 vols.
When I created this entry in February 2017 there was, inexplicably, no digital facsimile of this rare periodical on the web; however, there was an exceptionally excellent and most comprehensive finding aid available f…
GMN 9005 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11184
1897 BOLTON, Henry Carrington (1843 – 1903)
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…
GMN 10296 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12487
1897 MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628 – 1694); FRATI, Carlo (1863 – 1930)
Bibliografia malpighiana: Catalogo descrittivo delle opere a stampa di Marcello Malpighi e degli scritti che lo riguardano
GMN 13184 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15445
1899 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, KEW
Catalogue of the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 11953 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14158
1899 FERRARI DA GRADI, Giovanni Matteo [Ferrarius, Johannes Matthaeus, de Gradibus, de Grado] (1392 – 1472); FERRARI, Henri-Maxime (1873 – 1901)
Une chaire de médecine au XVe siècle. Un professeur à l'Université de Pavie de 1432 à 1472 avec un fac-simile d'autographe et cinq gravures
Biography, case records, and annotated list of Ferrari da Gradi's library. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13420 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15692
1900 LAEHR, Bernhard Heinrich (1820 – 1905)
Die Literatur der Psychiatrie, Neurologie und Psychologie von 1459-1799. 3 vols.
GMN 5005 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6567
1900 GYÖRY, Tibor (1869 – 1938)
Bibliographia medica Hungariae, 1472-1899,
GMN 6766 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8241
1901 HIRSCHBERG, Julius (1843 – 1925)
Katalog der Bücher-Sammlung von J. Hirschberg. (Vom Verfasser Überreicht.)
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13429 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15701
1902 OEFELE, Rudolf Klemens 'Felix' Freiherr von (1861 – 1955)
Keilschriftmedicin. Einleitendes zur Medicin der Kouyunjik-Collection.
Medicine preserved on cuneiform tablets, with a chronological account of discoveries in this field. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6472 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7933
1903 –1940 WOODWARD, Bernard Barham (1853 – 1930); BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) LIBRARY
Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). 5 vols. (1903-1915) + 3 vols. Supplement (1922-1940).
The first 5 vols. of the main author catalogue were written by Bernard B. Woodward; the Supplement was written by various members of the library staff. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 11251 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13448
