1904 RICKETTS, Benjamin Merrill (1858 – 1926)

The surgery of the heart and lungs. A history and résumé of surgical conditions found therein, and experimental and clinical research in man and lower animals with reference to pneumonotomy, pneumonectomy and bronchotomy, and cardiotomy and cardiorraphy.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

GMN 10738 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12933

1929 HARVEY, Samuel Clark (1886 – 1953)

The history of hemostasis.

Reprinted with additions and corrections from Annals of Medical History, N. S. Vol. I, No. 2, March, 1929.

GMN 11003 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13199

1941 KING, Edgar Samuel John (1900 – 1966)

Surgery of the heart.

Includes valuable information regarding the history of the subject.

GMN 3042 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3472

1941 WILLIUS, Frederick Arthur (1888 – 1972); KEYS, Thomas Edward (1908 – 1995)

Cardiac classics. A collection of classic works on the heart and circulation with comprehensive biographic accounts of the authors.

Covers the literature up to 1912. Reprinted in 2 vols, as Classics of cardiology, New York, Dover, 1961. Reprinted again, with volume 3 by John A. Callahan, Thomas E. Keys & Jack E. Key, Malabar, Florida, Krieger, 198…

GMN 3158 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4094

1960 HOCHBERG, Lew A.

Thoracic surgery before the 20th century.

GMN 12353 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14577

1970 FAVALORO, René Gerónimo (1923 – 2000)

Surgical treatment of coronary arteriosclerosis.

The history of the coronary artery bypass technique by the inventor of the procedure.

GMN 12341 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14565

1977 COMROE, Julius H. Jr. (1911 – 1984); DRIPPS, Robert D. (1911 – 1973)

The top ten clinical advances in cardiovascular-pulmonary medicine and surgery 1945-1975. Final report. 2 vols.

GMN 3161.41 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4104

1984 BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)

Cold hearts: The story of hypothermia and the pacemaker in heart surgery.

GMN 12333 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14557

1986 THOMAS, Vivien Theodore (1910 – 1985)

Pioneering research in surgical shock and cardiovascular surgery: Vivien T. Thomas and his work with Alfred Blalock. An autobiography by Vivien T. Thomas

Later retitled, Partners of the Heart: Vivien Thomas and His Work with Alfred Blalock.

GMN 12376 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14601

1989 DELARUE, Norman Charles (1915 – )

Thoracic surgery in Canada: A story of people, places, and events. The evolution of a surgical specialty.

GMN 12337 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14561

1990 BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)

Mysterious heparin: The key to open heart surgery.

GMN 12334 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14558

1992 SHUMACKER, Harris B. Jr. (1908 – 2009)

The evolution of cardiac surgery.

GMN 12216 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14427

1994 BJÖRK, Viking Olov (1918 – 2009)

Fifty years of cardiac and pulmonary surgery 1942-1993. The beginning of open heart surgery of postoperative intensive care. The first complete left heart catheterization. Mechanical heart valves.

Björk may be most remembered for the Bjork-Shiley artificial heart valve.

GMN 12335 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14559

1994 STEPHENSON, Larry W.; RUGGIERO, Renato

Heart surgery classics. Edited by Larry W. Stephenson and Renato Ruggiero.

Reprints of classics with commentaries by Henry Bahnson, Earl Bakken, Denton Cooley, James Cox, Michael DeBakey, Alden Harken, Dudley Johnson, Adrian Kantrowitz, Willem Kolff, C. Walton Lillehei, and Albert Starr. Sev…

GMN 12375 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14600

1997 WESTABY, Stephen (1948 – ); BOSHER, Cecil

Landmarks in cardiac surgery. By Stephen Westaby, with Cecil Bosher.

History and biographical sketches, plus reprints of key papers.

GMN 7969 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10145

1998 BOCKERIA, L. A.

History of cardiovascular surgery. Edited by L. A. Bockeria.

An international conference on the history of cardiovascular surgery. Dedicated to the memory of V.I. Burakovsky (Moscow, September 24-25, 1996). Attendees and contributors included many Western and Russian pioneers.

GMN 12336 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14560

2006 HANDLER, Clive; CLEMAN, Michael W.

Classic papers in coronary angioplasty. Edited by Clive Handler and Michael Cleman.

GMN 12345 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14569

2015 FYE, W. Bruce (1946 – )

Caring for the heart: Mayo Clinic and the rise of specialization.

The history of cardiology and cardiac surgery from the perspective of the history of the Mayo Clinic. Of special interest for details of the history of cardiac surgery in Minnesota. The book may be most remembered for…

GMN 7855 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10027

2018 MCKELLAR, Shelley (1967 – )

Artificial hearts: The allure and ambivalence of a controversial medical technology.

GMN 10186 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12375