1910–1919
772 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1914
#7759
Zur Frage der Entstehung maligner Tumoren.
Boveri argued that malignancy arises as a consequence of chromosomal abnormalities, and that multiplication is an inherent property of cells. He predicted the existence of tumor suppressor mechanisms and was perhaps t…
1914
#8121
Graphic methods for presenting facts.
The first book on information graphics published in America. Digital facsimile of the 1919 printing from the Internet Archive at this link.
1914
#8241
A history of the Indian Medical Service 1600-1913. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1914
#8548
Some American medical botanists commemorated in our botanical nomenclature.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1914
#9438
Medicina de quadrupedibus: An early English version with introduction, translation, notes, and glossary.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1914
#9585
The text book of chiropody: A treatise bearing upon all the elements of medicine, of surgery and of the kindred sciences having for its purpose the thorough education of those who wish to learn and to practise the scientific care of the human foot in health and in diseases. Comp
" ... the first modern chiropodial book. This voluminous work attempted to combine all chiropodial knowledge up to that date, with outline of the basic sciences and the teachings of other medical disciplines. It is an…
1914
#10520
Sanitary conditions among the Eskimos: A report on conditions in native villages along the Arctic coast of Alaska. Supplement No. 9 to Public Health Reports, December 12, 1913.
In 1912 the U.S. Public Health Service assigned Dr. Emil Krulish to supervise health care in the Territory of Alaska. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1914
#10731
The occupational diseases: Their causation, symptoms, treatment and prevention.
The first general treatise on occupational medicine published in the United States. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1914
#10832
Animal experimentation and medical progress.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1914
#11429
Bibliographia medica typographica pedemontana saeculorum XV et XVI. A Iohanne Carboneli medico doctore collecta in qua non tantum auctorum nomina sed etiam fere omnium operum inscriptiones eadem forma mensuraque relatae inveniuntur. Cum appendicibus et explanationibus atque indicibus copiosissimis.
1914 –1917
#11457
Catalogue of the library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Compiled under the direction of Charles Sprague Sargent by Ethelyn Maria Tucker. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1914
#11906
Diseases of the kidneys, ureters and bladder, with special reference to the diseases in women. With 628 illustrations, for the most part by Max Brödel
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1914
#12224
The four common types of heart disease: An analysis of 600 cases.
"The first appearance of Cabot's innovative classification of cardiac disease that was widely adopted" (W. Bruce Fye, American Cardiology. Baltimore, 1995, 49-50.)
1914
#12252
The role of the carotid arteries in the causation of vascular lesions of the brain, with remarks on certain special features of the symptomatology.
"In 1914, J. Ramsay Hunt, in an article considered to be another historical landmark in the recognition of the causes of cerebral ischemia, emphasized that strokes could be caused by extracranial occlusion of the cere…
1914
#12258
The excitatory process in the dog's heart. Part 1. The auricles.
Experiments designed to identify the "origin of the contraction wave in the mammalian heart." Three photographic plates depict numerous electrocardiographic recordings. "From 1910 to 1916, Lewis and his associates per…
1914
#12287
The regulation of the heart beat.
"Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927) has probably contributed more than any man to our understanding of heart failure....His work with Patterson and Piper on the mechanical factors involved in the response of the heart …
1914
#12381
Die Sportverletzungen. Neue Deutsche Chirurgie, hrsg. von P. von Bruns., 13. bd.
Sportart, Sportverletzung, Sportmedizin, Kampfsport, Ballspiel, Leichtathletik, Tanz, Bergsport, Gerätturnen, Wassersport, Wintersport, Motorsport, Pferdesport, Rudersport, Radsport, Sporttraumatologie.
1914
#12670
Pseudogaleni in Hippocratis de septimanis commentarium ab Hunaino q. f. Arabice versum, ex codice monacensi primum edidit et Germanice vertit.
1914
#13070
The dental art in ancient times: Lecture memoranda. American medical Association, Atlantic City, 1914.
A very well illustrated serious pocket guide (214pp.) to elements of the history of dentistry including equipment through the ages and marketing information for equipment then available to dentists. Digital facsimile …
1914
#13746
Les médecins dans l'ouest de la France au Xième et XIIème siècles.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.
1914
#13802
The history of small-pox in Australia 1788-1908.
A second volume, The history of small-pox in Australia, 1909-1923 by J.H.L. Compston and F. McCallum was published in Melbourne: H. J. Green, govt. printer, 1925.
1914
#13877
Book of monsters.
The first book of macro photographs (extreme close-up photography) of insects.
1915
#4599
Diseases of the nervous system.
Sixth edition, 1935.
1915
#658
Principles of general physiology.
Bayliss’s book treats of general physiology from the physical chemical point of view. For some years it remained the most important book of its kind, and today is still of great value for its historical information an…
1915
#903
A method for the determination of plasma and blood volume.
Keith, Rowntree, and Geraghty devised a method for determination of plasma and blood volume, which includes the injection of a dye.
1915
#2177
Treatment of gunshot wounds by excision and primary suture.
Gray revived débridement of wounds, with primary suture. This procedure has been traditionally credited to Larrey and Desault. Larrey (No. 2160) employed excision and primary suture only for treatment of wounds of the…
1915
#1124
Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage. An account of recent researches into the function of emotional excitement.
Observation of the effect of strong emotions on gastrointestinal motility (No. 1029) led Cannon to examination of the sympathetic nervous system and its emergency function. Cannon showed the close connexion between th…
1915
#1133
The isolation in crystalline form of the compound containing iodine, which occurs in the thyroid; its chemical nature and physiologic activity.
Kendall isolated in crystalline form the thyroid hormone “thyroxine” on Christmas Day, 1914.
1915
#1162.1
A contribution to the physiology of lactation.
Gaines demonstrated the action of the pituitary in lactation.
1915
#2021
A new and greatly simplified method of blood transfusion. A preliminary report.
About the same time as Agote, Lewisohn introduced the citrate method of blood transfusion. See also his later paper in Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1915, 21, 37-47.
1915
#1903.2
On the use of certain antiseptic substances in the treatment of infected wounds.
Eusol and chloramine-T. “Dakin’s solution” was employed by Carrel (No. 5642) in the Carrel–Dakin method of irrigation of wounds.
1915
#2444
Leper houses and mediaeval hospitals.
1915
#2641
The mortality from cancer throughout the world.
1915
#2520
Notes bactériologiques sur les infections gazeuses.
Isolation of Cl. oedematiens.
1915
#2569
The influence of the x-ray on the production of antibodies.
Proof that x rays suppress the antibody response.
1915
#2571
An investigation on the nature of ultra-microscopic viruses.
Twort discovered discovered bacteriophages, a type of virus that attacks bacteria (the term bacteriophage was coined by Félix d’Herelle, who in 1917 independently confirmed Twort’s discovery). The discovery of bacteri…
1915
#3083
Die essentielle Thrombopenie (konstitutionelle Purpura-Pseudo-Hämophilie).
Frank’s essential thrombopenia.
1915
#3541
Gastric and duodenal ulcer; medical cure by an efficient removal of gastric juice corrosion.
“Sippy diet” for the treatment of peptic ulcer.
1915
#2894
Diseases of the arteries, including angina pectoris. 2 vols.
Includes his suggestion of the aortic genesis of angina pectoris, and (vol. 2, p. 368) his mechanical theory of cardiac pain in coronary occlusion.
1915
#3848
Experimental hyperthyroidism.
First successful experimental production of exophthalmic goitre. With C. A. L. Binger and R. Fitz.
1915
#4386.1
Eine seltene, bisher nicht bekannte Strukturanomalie des Skelettes.
First definitive description of osteopoikilosis.
1915
#4386.2
La préhension dans les paralysies du nerf cubital et le signe du pouce.
“Froment’s sign” of ulnar nerve paralysis.
1915
#5094
Ueber die Bakteriologie der giftarmen Dysenteriebacillen (Para-dysenteriebacillen).
Sonne’s bacillus (Shigella sonnei) was probably described earlier by others, but it was Sonne who first drew serious attention to it. First published as inaugural dissertation, 1914.
1915
#5757
Bone-graft surgery.
Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts. See especially his “Transplantation of a portion of the tibia into the …
1915 –1916
#5350.4
Reports of the results of the bilharzia mission in Egypt, 1915.
Leiper identified the snail responsible for the transmission of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium.
1915
#5350.5
Observations on the spread of Asiatic schistosomiasis.
First paper in English giving a detailed account of the development of S. japonicum in the snail and its subsequent development in man. Atkinson, a surgeon in the Royal Navy, was a member of Scott’s Antarctic expediti…
1915
#5964
Report of one hundred successive extractions of cataract in the capsule after subluxation with the capsule forceps.
Knapp’s method of extraction of cataract with forceps. See also his later paper in the same journal, 1921, 50, 426-30.
1915
#5384.1
Ätiologische Untersuchungen über den Flecktyphus in Serbien 1913 und in Hamburg 1914.
Prowazek, like Ricketts and Wilder, demonstrated the specific causal agent in typhus. Like Ricketts he died of the disease.
1915
#5385
A note on a relapsing febrile illness of unknown origin.
First reported case of “trench fever”.
1915
#5386
Intermittent fever of obscure origin, occurring among British soldiers in France. The so-called “trench-fever”.
In this paper trench fever is so named for the first time.