1562 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216); GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)
Prologomena in Galenum, in tres partes divisa IN: volume one of Cl [audius]Galen Pergameni [Opera] Omnia quae extant, in Latinum sermonem convers.
Prologomena in Galenum, in tres partes divisa written by physician, naturalist, and bibliographer, Conrad Gessner (Gesner), and issued in volume one of Cl [audius] Galeni Pergameni [Opera] Omnia, quae extant, in Latin…
GMN 6814 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8977
1691 DESCARTES, René (1596 – 1650); BAILLET, Adrien (1649 – 1706)
Le vie de monsieur Descartes. [par Adrien Baillet].
An early separately published biography of a contributor to the history of the life sciences. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12692 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14937
1724 SERVETUS, Michael [Miguel Serveto Conesa; also known as Miguel Servet, Miguel Serveto, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve] (1511 – 1553); ANONYMOUS
An impartial history of Michael Servetus, burnt alive at Geneva for heresie.
Authorship of this early English account of Servetus and his martyrdom for heresy has never been determined, according to Geoffrey Sill, "The authorship of An impartial history of Michael Servetus," Papers of the Bibl…
GMN 12698 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14943
1727 SERVETUS, Michael [Miguel Serveto Conesa; also known as Miguel Servet, Miguel Serveto, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve] (1511 – 1553); MOSHEIM, Johann Lorenz von (1693 – 1755); ALLWOERDEN, Heinrich von (1703 – )
Historia Michaelis Serveti Quam praeside Io. Laur. Mosheimio...auctor Henricus ab Allwoerden.
An early biographical account of Servetus and his martyrdom for heresy, prepared under the direction of Johann Lorenz von Mosheim whose Kaisergeschichte (2 vols, 1746-48) initiated the modern, objective historiography…
GMN 12697 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14942
1737 –1738 BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738); SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637 – 1680); GAUBIUS, Hieronymus David (1705 – 1780)
Bybel der Natuure door Jan Swammerdam, Amsteldammer...Biblia naturae; sive historia insectorum, in classes certas redacta, nec non exemplis, et anatomico variorum animalculorum examine, aeneisque tabulis illustrata. Insertis numerosis rariorum naturae observationibus. Omnia lingua Batava, auctori vernacula, conscripta. Accedit praefatio, in qu vitam auctoris descripsit Hermannus Boerhaave... Latinam versionem adscriptsit Hieronimus David Gaubius. 2 vols.
Swammerdam's extensive collection of microscopical observations on insects was written in Dutch, and edited for publication 57 years after Swammerdam's death, with an extensive life of the author, by Herman Boerhaave.…
GMN 7472 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9644
1747 BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738); MATY, Michel
Essai sur la caractére du grand medecin ou eloge critique de Mr. Herman Boerhaave [By Michael Maty].
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12700 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14945
1755 MEAD, Richard (1673 – 1754); MATY, Matthew (1718 – 1776)
Authentic memoirs of the life of Richard Mead. [By Matthew Maty]
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12699 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14944
1760 RAY, John (1628 – 1705); DERHAM, William (1657 – 1735); SCOTT, George Lewis (1708 – 1780)
Select remains of the learned John Ray, M.A. and F.R.S. with his life by the late William Derham, D. D. Canon of Windsor, and F.R.S. Published by George Scott, M.A. and F.R.S.
Because Derham died in 1735 this biography would have been written in the early part of the 18th century after the death of Ray in 1705. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12703 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14948
1781 FOTHERGILL, John (1712 – 1780); ELLIOT, John (1747 – 1787)
A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill. With an account of his life; and occasional notes, by John Elliot.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 11601 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13800
1783 HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777); HENRY, Thomas (1734 – 1816)
Memoirs of Albert de Haller, M.D. Member of the Sovereign Council of Berne; President of the University, and of the Royal Society of Gottingen; Fellow of the Royal Society of London, &c. Compiled, chiefly, from the elogium spoken before the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and from the tributes paid to his memory by other foreign societies
This is illustrated with a small cameo portrati of Haller drawn and engraved by William Blake. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12689 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14934
1794 LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778); STOEVER, Dietrich Johan Heinrich (1767 – 1822)
The life of Sir Charles Linnaeus, Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, &c. &c. To which is added a copious list of his works, and a biographical sketch of the life of his son, by D. H. Stoever. Translated from the original German by Joseph Trapp.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12686 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14931
1804 DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802); SEWARD, Anna
Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin, chiefly during his residence in Lichfield: With anecdotes of his friends, and criticisms on his writing.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 12687 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14932
1817 LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815); PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791 – 1865)
Memoirs of the life and writings of the late John Coakley Lettsom..., with a selection from his correspondence
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12694 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14939
1825 ANTOMMARCHI, Francesco (1789 – 1838)
The last days of the Emperor Napoleon by Doctor F. Antommarchi, his physician. 2 vols.
An account of Napoleon's final illness and the medical care that Napoleon received while emprisoned on the island of Saint Helena, by his physician. English and French language versions of this work were published in …
GMN 11508 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13707
1835 JACKSON, James (1777 – 1867)
Memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M. D. with extracts from his letters to his father: and medical cases, collected by him.
Jackson published this biography of his son, James Jackson, Jr. after his son's premature death in 1834. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 12688 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14933
1840 –1841 PARÉ, Ambroise (1510 – 1590); MALGAIGNE, Joseph François (1806 – 1865)
Oeuvres complètes d’Ambroise Paré revues et collationnées sur toutes les éditions, avec les variantes; ornées de 217 planches et du portrait de l'auteur; accompagnées de notes historiques et critiques et précédées d'une introduction sur l'origine et les progrès de la chirurgie en occident du sixième au seizième siècle, et sur la vie et les ouvrages d'Ambroise Paré. Par J.-F. Malgaigne. 3 vols.
The best edition of Paré’s works, edited by Malgaigne. An English translation of Pare's Oeuvres by Thomas Johnson appeared as early as 1634. See also No. 5565. Janet Doe published A bibliography of the works of Ambroi…
GMN 59 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/961
1841 VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564); BURGGRAEVE, Adolphe (1806 – 1902)
Études sur André Vésale: Précédées d'une notice historique sur sa vie et ses écrits.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12685 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14930
1846 HEWSON, William (1739 – 1774); GULLIVER, George (1804 – 1882)
The works. Edited with an introduction and notes by George Gulliver.
Hewson was a pupil of the Hunters. In 1769 his memoir on the lymphatics in fishes won for him the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. See also Nos. 863, 1102. The editor of this edition provided a detailed historical i…
GMN 79 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1371
1857 GOMES, Bernardino António (1769 – 1823); GOMES, Bernardino António the younger (1806 – 1877)
Noticia da vida e trabalhos scientificos do medico Bernardino Antonio Gomés.
Biography and annotated bibliography of the physician and botanist Gomés senior, written by his son. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 11784 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13985
1868 MOTT, Valentine (1785 – 1865); GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
Memoir of Valentine Mott, M.D., LL.D., Professor of surgery in the University of the City of New York; member of the Institute of France.
An insightful biography written by a colleague in surgery. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12404 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14634
1868 GOODSIR, John (1814 – 1867); TURNER, Sir William (1832 – 1916); LONSDALE, Henry (1816 – 1876)
The anatomical memoirs of John Goodsir F.R.S. Edited by William Turner. With a biographical memoir by Henry Lonsdale. 2 vols.
GMN 13221 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15485
1874 LIVINGSTONE, David (1813 – 1873); WALLER, Horace (1833 – 1896)
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa. From eighteen hundred and sixty-five to his death. Continued by a narrative of his last Moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi, by Horace Waller, F.R.G.S.
"Livingstone’s most famous expedition was in 1866–73, when he traversed much of central Africa in an attempt to find the source of the Nile. This book contains the daily journals that Livingstone kept on this expediti…
GMN 12705 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14950
1878 LAMSON, Mary Swift (1822 – 1909)
The life and education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the deaf, dumb, and blind girl.
Biography of Laura Bridgman (1829-89, the first deaf-blind person ever to read, write, and converse in the finger alphabet. The book includes a signed holograph facsimile of Bridgman's widely circulated religious poem…
GMN 7745 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9917
1879 DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802); DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882); KRAUSE, Ernst (1839 – 1903); DALLAS, William Sweetland (1824 – 1890)
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas. With a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin.
Krause's short biography originally appeared in the German evolutionary periodical Kosmos in February 1879. In this translation Darwin added a biographical contribution that is longer than Krause's, i.e. 127pp by Darw…
GMN 8919 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11097
1887 CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1800 – 1890); RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
The health of nations: A review of the works of Edwin Chadwick, with a biographical dissertation by Benjamin Ward Richardson. 2 vols.
Chadwick may be said to have initiated the public health era. Largely through his efforts the Public Health Act 1848 came into existence in England. He was the greatest sanitarian of the 19th century; among other thin…
GMN 1625 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1972
1897 AUDUBON, John James Laforest (1785 – 1851); COUES, Elliott Ladd (1842 – 1899); AUDUBON, Maria Rebecca (1843 – 1925)
Audubon and his journals by Maria R. Audubon. With zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues. 2 vols.
A biographical study by his grand-daughter, based on previously unpublished letters and journals of John James Audubon. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12800 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15046
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 RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
Disciples of Aesculapius, with a life of the author by his daughter, Mrs. George Martin. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6721 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7835
1902 BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892); BOWDITCH, Vincent Yardley (1852 – 1929)
Life and correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch by his son, Vincent Y. Bowditch. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12393 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14620
1902 LARREY, Dominique Jean (1766 – 1842); TRIAIRE, Paul (1842 – 1912)
Dominique Larrey et les compagnes de la révolution et de l'empire 1768-1842. Étude historique aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles d'après documents inédits. Journal et agendas de compagnes. Notes manuscrites. Correspondance officielle et privée.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link
GMN 12943 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15190
1904 SPERRY, F. M.
A group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago. A collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 13170 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15430
1906 KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943); REED, Walter (1851 – 1902)
Walter Reed and yellow fever.
Digital facsimile of the revised edition published in 1907 from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12820 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15066
1907 CRAINICIANU, Gheorghe (1853 – )
Literatura medicală românească; biografii si bibliografie.
Covers the period 1700-1900. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 13488 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15762
1907 MORGAN, John (1735 – 1789)
The journal of Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia from the city of Rome to the city of London 1764. Together with a fragment of a journal written at Rome, 1764, and a biographical sketch.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 14162 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16477
1915 GARRISON, Fielding Hudson (1870 – 1935); BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
John Shaw Billings: A memoir.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 9755 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11943
1920 –1924 OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919); OSLER LIBRARY OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
McGill Library. William Osler Letter Index.
https://osler-letters.library.mcgill.ca/about "About the William Osler Letter Collection "Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is one of the most renowned and respected physicians in medical history. Born in Bond Head, Ontar…
GMN 13463 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15737
1922 HAEHL, Richard (1873 – 1932)
Samuel Hahnemann, sein Leben und Schaffen. 2 vols.
A standard work on the development of homeopathy and the life of Hahnemann. Digital facsimile of the 1922 German edition from the Hathitrust at this link. The work was translated into English as Samuel Hahnemann, His …
GMN 6863 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9027
1924 CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906); CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
Pierre Curie par Marie Curie.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link. Through a quirk in publishing history the English translation appeared in 1923 prior to the French edition as Pierre Curie by Marie Curie, Translated by Charlotte and V…
GMN 12701 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14946
1925 JACKSON, John Hughlings (1835 – 1911); TAYLOR, James (1859 – 1946)
Neurological fragments, with ‘Biographical Memoir’ and ‘List of Dr. Hughlings Jackson's Published Writings’ by James Taylor.
GMN 10763 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12959
1925 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939); OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
The life of Sir William Osler. 2 vols.
Cushing received the Pulitzer Prize for this masterful biography, which remains the essential account of Osler's life, work, and selections from his correspondence. Cushing donated his very extensive research material…
GMN 11006 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13202
1933 GLASSER, Otto (1895 – 1964)
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the early history of the Roentgen rays.
The standard biography of Röntgen with a detailed history of the discovery of X-rays and the early period of roentgenology. Includes a bibliography of 1044 items on the subject published during the first year after Rö…
GMN 2702 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4386
1934 DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968); SMITH, Sir James Edward (1759 – 1828)
The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith
GMN 13637 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15918
1937 GIBSON, James Edgar; OTTO, Bodo (1711 – 1787)
Dr. Bodo Otto and the medical background of the American revolution by James E. Gibson.
Oddo, born in Germany, is one of the better-known American surgeons in the American revolutionary war; however he published nothing and is primarily known from this biography.
GMN 8594 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10771
1938 CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934); CURIE LOUISSE, Ève Denise (1904 – 2007)
Madam Curie par Ève Curie.
Ève Curie was Marie Curie's younger daughter. This biography was first published simultaneously in many languages. It was translated into English by Vincent Sheean and published in London by William Heinemann Ltd., 19…
GMN 12702 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14947
1939 –2015 LEEUWENHOEK, Antonie van (1632 – 1723)
The collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek / Alle de Brieven van Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. Edited, illustrated & annotated by a committee of Dutch scientists. 17 vols. through 2015.
GMN 12964 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15211
1946 FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960); CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
Harvey Cushing: A biography.
Remains the most comprehensive biography of Cushing, by his student Fulton.
GMN 11018 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13214
1946 HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825 – 1895); DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968)
The Huxley papers: A descriptive catalogue of the correspondence, manuscripts and miscellaneous papers of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley ... preserved in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London
GMN 13638 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15919
1958 ERIKSON, Erik Homburger (1902 – 1994)
Young man Luther: A study in psychoanalysis and history.
GMN 7538 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9710
1958 HILL, A. Wesley
John Wesley among the physicians: A study of eighteenth-century medicine.
GMN 7778 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9950
1959 KEMBLE, James
Napoleon immortal: The medical history and private life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
GMN 13104 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15357
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