1951 FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)
The great medical bibliographers. A study in humanism.
1. The Beginnings: Tritheim, Champier, and Gesner. 2. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Medical Book Sales, à Beughem, Van der Linden, Haller, and the Rise of Medical Biobibliography. 3. Medical Subject Indice…
GMN 6785 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8322
1954 BRODMAN, Estelle (1914 – 2007)
The development of medical bibliography.
A historical study; includes a list of 255 medical bibliographies published since 1500. Reprinted 1981.
GMN 6785.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8323
1963 U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
The MEDLARS story at the National Library of Medicine.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7947 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10122
1966 THORNTON, John Leonard (1913 – 1995)
Medical books, libraries and collectors. A study of bibliography and the book trade in relation to the medical sciences. 2nd. edition, revised and enlarged.
This contains useful information not included in the third edition (1990). See No. 6786.34.
GMN 7120 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9287
1967 BLAKE, John Ballard (1922 – 2006); ROOS, Charles A.
Medical reference works 1679-1966: A selected bibliography.
Contains over 2,700 items with annotations. Supplements: I (1967-68), 1970; compiled by M.V. Clark. II (1969-72), 1973; compiled by J. S. Richmond. III (1973-74), 1975; compiled by J. S. Richmond.
GMN 6786.11 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8350
1980 BLAKE, John Ballard (1922 – 2006)
Centenary of Index Medicus: 1879-1979. Edited by John B. Blake.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7950 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10125
1981 ADAMS, Scott (1909 – 1982)
Medical bibliography in an age of discontinuity.
A history of medical bibliography since World War II, focusing on the information requirements of biomedical research; supplements No. 6785.1
GMN 6786.23 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8389
1990 BESSON, Alain
Thornton’s medical books, libraries and collectors. A study of bibliography and the book trade in relation to the medical sciences.
A highly useful work, originally published by John L. Thornton (b. 1913) in 1949. This new edition includes the following fully-documented historical essays: P. Jones, Medical books before the invention of printing. D…
GMN 6786.34 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8414
