1971 VANE, Sir John Robert (1927 – 2004)
Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis as a mechanism of action for aspirin-like drugs.
In 1982 Vane shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson for "their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances."
GMN 13958 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16259
1971 GRINSPOON, Lester (1928 – 2000)
Marijuana reconsidered.
A cultural classic on the understanding of the marijuana experience, and reform of prohibitions against marijuana use by a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Besides describing marijuana's psychologica…
GMN 14298 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16622
1972 CRELLIN, John K.; SCOTT, J. R.
Glass and British pharmacy, 1600-1900: A survey and guide to the Wellcome Collection of British Glass.
GMN 2068.13 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2436
1972 MEAD, George R.
The ethnobotany of the California Indians: A compendium of the plants, their users, and their uses.
Revised, expanded, and updated edition, La Grande, OR: E-Cat Worlds, 2014.
GMN 9918 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12106
1972 SCHNEIDER, Wolfgang (1912 – 2007)
Geschichte der Pharmazeutischen Chemie.
GMN 12443 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14675
1972 HAMARNEH, Sami Khalaf (1925 – 2010)
Temples of the muses and a history of pharmacy museums.
Prepared for the opening in June 1971 of the Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry in Japan, and emphasizing that museum and museums in the Middle East.
GMN 13714 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15998
1973 LEVEY, Martin (1913 – 1970)
Early Arabic pharmacology. An introduction based on ancient and medieval sources.
GMN 7095 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9262
1973 AL-BĪRUNĪ, Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (973 – 1048); SAID, Hakim Mohammed (1920 – 1998)
Al-Biruni's book on pharmacy and materia medica (Kitāb al-saydan fī al-tibb). Edited and translated by Hakim Mohammed Said. 2 vols.
GMN 8524 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10701
1973 REIS, Siri Sylvia Patricia von (1931 – )
Drugs and foods from little-known plants: Notes in Harvard University herbaria.
5178 field notes of health and medical interest from specimens in Harvard University herbaria.
GMN 10898 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13094
1974 NIELSEN, Harald
Ancient ophthalmological agents: A pharmaco-historical study of the collyria and seals used during Roman antiquity, as well as of the most frequent components of the collyria.
GMN 8280 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10456
1974 COHEN, Stanley Norman (1935 – ); SHORTLIFFE, Edward Hance (1947 – ); ET AL
"A computer-based system for the study and control of drug interactions in hospitalized patients," P. L. Morselli, S. Garattini, and S. N. Cohen, Drug interactions, 363-373.
MEDIPHOR System (Monitoring and Evaluation of Drug Interactions by a Pharmacy-Oriented Reporting System) developed by Cohen, Shortliffe and colleagues at Stanford University Medical School, published as a chapter in t…
GMN 9487 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11671
1974 COWEN, David L. (1909 – 2006); HICKEL, Erika (1934 – )
The spread and influence of British pharmacopeial and related literature. An historical and bibliographic study by David L. Cowen. Mit einer Einführung Britische Pharmakopöe-Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts von Erika Hickel.
GMN 11424 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13623
1974 KRANTZ, John Christian Jr. (1899 – 1983)
Historical medical classics involving new drugs. Foreward by Charles H. Best.
GMN 13825 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16114
1975 LEAKE, Chauncey Depew (1896 – 1978)
An historical account of pharmacology to the 20th century.
GMN 2068.14 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2449
1975 HENREY, Blanche Elizabeth Edith (1906 – 1983)
British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800. 3 vols.
A comprehensive history and bibliography of the subject, including a revised history of the English herbal literature, and accounts of other books of medical and pharmaceutical interest.
GMN 2068.18 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2466
1975 HAMBERG, Mats; ET AL
Thromboxanes: a new group of biologically active compounds derived from prostaglandin endoperoxides.
With J. Stevenson and B. Samuelsson.
GMN 1931.7 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2762
1975 KÖHLER, Georges Jean Franz (1946 – 1995); MILSTEIN, César (1927 – 2002)
Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity.
Hybridomas. In 1984 Köhler and Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Niels K. Jerne, "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery …
GMN 2578.43 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4314
1975 AMERICAN HERBAL PHARMACOLOGY DELEGATION
Herbal pharmacology in the People's Republic of China: A trip report of the American Herbal Pharmacology Delegation. Submitted to the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China.
Digital facsimile from swsbm.com at this link.
GMN 9345 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11527
1976 BOREL, J. F.; ET AL
Biological effects of cyclosporin A: a new antilymphocytic agent.
The immunosuppressive cyclosporin A, instrumental in the success of organ transplants. With C. Feurer, H.U. Gubler & H. Strähelin.
GMN 1931.71 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2763
1976 NICOLAUS SALERNITANUS, (Nicolaus Praepostius) (1120 – ); GOLTZ, Dietlinde
Mittelalterliche Pharmazie und Medizin. Dargestellt an Geschichte und Inhalt des ANTIDOTARIUM NICOLAI
GMN 8962 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11141
1976 OTT, Jonathan (1949 – )
Hallucinogenic plants of North America.
GMN 11035 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13231
1977 CLAASSEN, V.; DAVIES, J. E.; HERTTING, Georg (1925 – 2014); PLACHETA, P.
Fluvoxamine, a specific 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake inhibitor.
Fluvoxamine, an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class, used primarily for the treatment of major depressive disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It is also used to trea…
GMN 13698 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15980
1977 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE
Project MKUltra, The CIA's program of research in behavioral modification. Joint hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Science Research of the Committee on Human Resources United States Senate Ninety-Fifth Congress First Session August 3, 1977.
Digital facsimile from Wikipedia at this link. "Project MKUltra (or MK-Ultra) was the code name of an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[1][2][…
GMN 13749 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16033
1978 DREY, Rudolf E. A.
Apothecary jars: Pharmaceutical pottery and porcelain in Europe and the East 1150-1850, with a glossary of terms used in apothecary jar inscriptions.
The most comprehensive study in English.
GMN 2068.19 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2468
1978 HELFAND, William H. (1926 – 2018)
Medicine and pharmacy in American political prints (1765-1870).
GMN 6610.14 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8602
1979 RAPHAEL, Sandra; BLUNT, Wilfrid Jasper Walter (1901 – 1987)
The illustrated herbal.
GMN 7464 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9636
1979 VOIGTS, Linda Ehrsam
Anglo-Saxon plant remedies and the Anglo-Saxons.
GMN 8559 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10736
1979 ERICHSEN-BROWN, Charlotte
Uses of plants for the past 500 years.
Reissued as Medicinal and other uses of North American plants: A historical survey with special reference to the Eastern Indian tribes (1989).
GMN 8595 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10772
1979 STAGE, Sarah
Female complaints: Lydia Pinkham and the business of women's medicine.
"The original 1875 recipe called for unicorn root, life root, blach cohosh, pleurisy root, and fenugreek seed, but alcohol (18-20 percent) gave it a longer shelf life, and shrewd advertising assured its staying power.…
GMN 9158 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11337
1979 ÕMURA, Satoshi (1935 – ); BURG, Richard W.; MILLER, Brinton M.; BAKER, Edward E.; ET AL
Avermectins, new family of potent anthelmintic agents: Producing organism and fermentation.
The authors, lead by Omura, announced the discovery of Streptomyces avermilitis. They described the structure of avermectin, and reported preliminary observations that this drug is antiparasitic. (Order of authorship …
GMN 12630 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14871
1979 CAMPBELL, William Cecil (1930 – ); EGERTON, J. R.; OSTLIND, D. A.; BLAIR, L. S.; ET AL
Avermectins, new family of potent anthelminthic agents, efficacy of the B1a component.
Campbell and colleagues reported unprecedented antiparasitic effects of the agent in vivo, and that the "B1a" component of the molecule was most effective as a single oral dose. (Order of authorship in the original pu…
GMN 12631 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14872
1979 SITTIG, Marshall
Pharmaceutical manufacturing encyclopedia.
"Descriptions of 673 major pharmaceuticals, information having been obtained from the patent literature. Alphabetical arrangement by generic names. Each entry gives therapeutic function; chemical, common, and trade na…
GMN 13697 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15979
1980 HARJULA, R
Mirau and his practice: A study of the ethnomedicinal repertoire of a Tanzanian herbalist.
GMN 8503 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10680
1981 MORTON, Julia Francis McHugh (1912 – 1996)
Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan.
GMN 8841 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11019
1981 DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90); MAZAL, Otto (1932 – 2008)
Pflanzen, Wurzeln, Säfte, Samen. Antike Heilkunst in Miniaturen des Wiener Dioskurides.
GMN 12177 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14387
1982 –1986 BÜCHI, Jakob
Die Entwicklung der Rezept- und Arzneibuchliteratur. Vol. 1: Altertum und Mittelalter. 1982. Vol. 2: Die Autoren, ihre Werke und die Fortschritte im 16. Jahrhundert. 1984 Vol. 3: Die Arzneibücher und schweizerischen Pharmakopöen vom 17.-20. Jahrhundert. 1986.
GMN 11940 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14145
1982 BAULIEU, Étienne-Émile (1926 – ); HERRMANN, Walter; WYSS, Rolf; RIONDEL, Anne M.; ET AL
Effet d’un stéroide anti-progestérone chez la femme: Interruption du cycle menstruel et de la grossesse au début.
"In April 1980, as part of a formal research project at the French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf for the development of glucocorticoid receptor antagonists, chemist Georges Teutsch synthesized mifepristone (RU-…
GMN 12469 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14702
1983 DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90); SADEK, Mahmoud M.
The Arabic materia medica of Dioscorides.
GMN 9244 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11426
1983 BURNBY, Juanita "Nita" Gordon Lloyd (1923 – 2010)
A study of the English apothecary from 1660 to 1760, with special reference to the provinces.
Medical History Supplement No. 3. Digital facsimile from discovery.ucl.ac.uk at this link.
GMN 9997 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12186
1983 CAMPBELL, William Cecil (1930 – ); FISHER, M. H.; STAPLEY, E. O.; ET AL
Ivermectin: A potent new antiparasitic agent.
Abstract "Ivermectin is the 22,23-dihydro derivative of avermectin B1, a macrocyclic lactone produced by an actinomycete, Streptomyces avermitilis. It is active at extremely low dosage against a wide variety of nemato…
GMN 12632 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14873
1984 MANN, Ronald David (1928 – 2013)
Modern drug use: An enquiry on historical principles.
GMN 7008 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9174
1984 PARSSINEN, Terry M.
Secret passions, secret remedies: Narcotic drugs in British Society, 1820-1930.
"....The major orientation is to opium, with two chapters on its alkaloid, morphine, occasional references to cocaine, and a mention of heroin. There is an enlightening discussion of reasons for the initial acceptance…
GMN 10243 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12433
1985 GOODMAN, Louis Sanford (1906 – 2000); GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984)
The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th ed.
Includes useful historical information.
GMN 1931.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2764
1985 TABERNER, Peter V.
Aphrodisiacs: The science and the myth.
GMN 8203 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10379
1985 RIDDLE, John M. (1937 – )
Dioscorides on pharmacy and medicine.
GMN 8567 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10744
1985 WITHERING, William (1741 – 1799); ARONSON, Jeffrey Kenneth (1947 – )
An account of the foxglove and its medical uses 1785-1985.
This work consists of a reproduction of Withering's classic text published in 1785, extensively annotated by Aronson, followed by Aronson's history of "the use of the digitalis glycosides and related compounds over th…
GMN 9233 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11415
1985 GELFAND, Michael (1912 – 1985)
The Traditional medical practitioner in Zimbabwe: His principles of practice and pharmacopoeia.
GMN 9889 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12077
1985 WITHERING, William (1741 – 1799); MANN, Ronald David (1928 – 2013)
William Withering and the Foxglove: A bicentennial selection of letters from the Osler bequest to the Royal Society of Medicine, together with a transcription of 'An Account of the Foxglove' and an introductory essay. Edited by Ronald D. Mann.
Details William Osler's acquisition of the letters and his donation of them to the Royal Society of Medicine.
GMN 11509 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13708
1986 UNSCHULD, Paul Ulrich (1943 – )
Medicine in China: A history of pharmaceutics.
GMN 9419 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11602
1986 YARCHOAN, Robert (1950 – ); WEINHOLD, Kent James; LYERLY, Herbert Kim; ET AL
Administration of 3'-Azido-3'-Deoxythmymidine, an inhibitor of HTLV-III/LAV replication, to patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Yarchoan, Weinhold, Lyerly. The first antiviral AIDS drug, later named "Retrovir"/ Zidovudine/AZT. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
GMN 11106 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13302
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