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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

1910–1919

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1917

#12959

The Indian operation of couching for cataract. Incorporating The Hunterian Lectures....

ELLIOT, Robert Henry (1864 – 1936)

Prefaced by an extensive historical introduction; the remainder of the text being of historical significance in the 21st century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1917

#13069

Cruise of the U.S. brig Argus in 1813. Journal of surgeon James Inderwick, edited from the original manuscript in the New York Public Library with an introduction and notes by Victor Hugo Paltsits.

INDERWICK, James ( – 1815) PALSITS, Victor Hugo (1867 – 1952)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1917

#13144

Dr. Evans' How to keep well: A health book for the home.

EVANS, William Augustus (1865 – 1948)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918

#4477

The utilization of the muscles of a stump to actuate artificial limbs: cinematic amputations.

PUTTI, Vittorio (1880 – 1940)

Putti developed and improved kineplastic surgery.

1918 –1919

#792

The vasodilator action of histamine and of some other substances.

DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
RICHARDS, Alfred Newton (1876 – 1966)
RICHARDS, Alfred Newton (1876 – 1966)

Dale and Richards studied the effect of histamine on the control of the circulation and showed its peripheral action to be located in the capillaries and smaller arterioles.

1918

#959

Ueber das Vorkommen des Coferments des alcoholischen Hefegärung im Muskelgewebe und seine muttmassliche Bedeutung im Atmungsmechanismus.

MEYERHOF, Otto Fritz (1884 – 1951)
MEYERHOF, Otto Fritz (1884 – 1951)

In 1922 Meyerhof was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Pysiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle." The other …

1918

#1052

The newer knowledge of nutrition.

MCCOLLUM, Elmer Verner (1879 – 1967)
MCCOLLUM, Elmer Verner (1879 – 1967)

1918

#852

The ligation of coronary arteries with electrocardiographic study.

SMITH, Fred M. (1888 – 1946)

1918

#853

The Linacre lecture on the law of the heart.

STARLING, Ernest Henry (1866 – 1927)
STARLING, Ernest Henry (1866 – 1927)

Starling’s “law of the heart”.

1918

#4686

Nebennierenapoplexie bei kleinen Kindern.

FRIDERICHSEN, Carl (1886 – 1982)

See No. 4685.

1918 –1919

#905

Two new factors in blood coagulation — heparin and pro-antithrombin.

HOWELL, William Henry (1860 – 1945)
HOWELL, William Henry (1860 – 1945)
HOLT, Luther Emmett (1855 – 1924)
HOLT, Luther Emmett (1855 – 1924)

Isolation of heparin.

1918

#2184

Chirurgiens et blessés à travers l’histoire.

CABANÈS, Augustin (1862 – 1928)

In this well-illustrated book Cabanès deals exhaustively with the transportation and surgical treatment of the wounded.

1918 –1973

#82

Sebrané spisy. Opera omnia. Tom. 1-12.

PURKYNĔ, Jan Evangelista [PURKINJE] (1787 – 1869)

Purkynĕ was Professor of Physiology at Breslau and Prague. Eminent as physiologist and microscopist, he was first to use the microtome. See Kruta, V. J.E. Purkynĕ, Physiologist. A short account of his contributions…wi…

1918

#1342

Vasodilator reactions.

HUNT, Reid (1870 – 1948)
HUNT, Reid (1870 – 1948)

Showed that tissues are more sensitive to acetylcholine after treatment with eserine (physostigmine).

1918 –1919

#4806

Ueber die Einwirkung der Malaria auf die progressive Paralyse.

WAGNER VON JAUREGG, Julius (1857 – 1940)

In 1917 Wagner von Jauregg returned to the idea of the inoculation of paretics with malaria to induce pyrexia, first proposed by him in 1887 (Ueber die Einwirkung fieberhafter Erkrankungen auf Psychosen, Jb. Psychiat.…

1918

#2848

Ueber Vorhofflimmern beim Menschen und seine Beseitigung durch Chinidin.

FREY, Walter (1884 – 1972)

Following Wenckebach’s discovery of the efficacy of quinine in the restoration of normal rhythm in auricular fibrillation. Frey showed that quinidine was the most effective of the cinchona alkaloids in this respect.

1918

#3084

Zur Therapie der Polyzythämie.

EPPINGER, Hans (1879 – 1946) KLOSS, Karl

Phenylhydrazine hydrochloride first used in the treatment of polycythemia.

1918

#3135

A clinical study of puerperal anaemia.

SCHMIDT, Harry Burke (1882 – )

Four cases of pernicious anemia of pregnancy treated by blood transfusion.

1918

#3542

Dysentery bacilli: the differentiation of the true dysentery bacilli from allied species.

ANDREWES, Sir Frederick William (1859 – 1932)
ANDREWES, Sir Frederick William (1859 – 1932)

Shigella alkalescens described.

1918

#3543

Ausgedehnte Magenresektion bei Ulcus duodeni statt der einfachen Duodenalresektion bzw.

FINSTERER, Hans (1877 – 1955)

Hofmeister-Finsterer gastro-enterostomy (see No. 3529).

1918

#2692.2

Aqueous solutions of potassium and sodium iodids as opaque mediums in roentgenography.

CAMERON, Don Franklin (1889 – )

1918

#2894.1

Angina pectoris: changes in electrocardiogram during paroxysm.

BOUSFIELD, Guy William John (1893 – 1974)

First electrocardiogram recorded (1917) from a patient with angina pectoris.

1918 –1919

#3733

The part played by an “accessory factor” in the production of experimental rickets.

MELLANBY, Sir Edward (1884 – 1955)
MELLANBY, Sir Edward (1884 – 1955)

First convincing experimental evidence that rickets is a deficiency disease, curable by correct diet.

1918

#3650

Accidental injection of bile ducts with petrolatum and bismuth paste. Preliminary report on a new method.

REICH, Adolph (1864 – 1941)

Reich was the first to obtain cholangiograms.

1918

#3849

Das Myxödemherz

ZONDEK, Hermann (1887 – 1979)

First systematic study of the characteristic changes of the heart in myxedema.

1918

#4238.1

Experimental hydronephrosis; repair following ureterocysto-neostomy in white rats with complete ureteral obstruction.

HINMAN, Frank Sr. (1880 – 1961)

Commencement of Hinman’s classic work on treatment of hydronephrosis.

1918

#4888

Extirpation of the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricles in communicating hydrocephalus.

DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)
DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)

1918

#4889

Tic douloureux and its treatment, with a review of the cases operated upon at the University Hospital in 1917.

PEET, Max Minor (1885 – 1949)

Trigeminal nerve resection with conservation of the motor root, for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

1918

#5081

Serologische Beobachtungen am Scharlachexanthem.

SCHULTZ, Werner (1878 – 1944) CHARLTON, Willy (1889 – )

Schultz–Charlton reaction.

1918

#5007

Hundert Jahre Psychiatrie.

KRAEPELIN, Emil (1856 – 1926)
KRAEPELIN, Emil (1856 – 1926)

English translation, New York, 1962.

1918

#5334.2

Spirochaeta hebdomadis, the causative agent of seven-day fever (nanukayami)

IDO, Yutaka (1881 – 1919)

Discovery of Leptospira hebdomadis, carried by a mouse. With H. Ito and H. Wani.

1918

#5757.3

Congenital clefts of the face.

ROBERTS, John Bingham (1852 – 1924)

Roberts introduced the push-back procedure - backward displacement of the velum to ensure adequate speech.

1918

#5350.6

The successful use of antimony in bilharziosis.

CHRISTOPHERSON, John Brian (1868 – 1955)
CHRISTOPHERSON, John Brian (1868 – 1955)

Introduction of tartar emetic (antimony) in the treatment of schistosomiasis.

1918

#6527

Die Entwicklung der Medizin in Oesterreich.

NEUBURGER, Max (1868 – 1955)

1918

#248

The correlation between relatives on the supposition of Mendelian inheritance.

FISHER, Sir Ronald Aylmer (1890 – 1962)
FISHER, Sir Ronald Aylmer (1890 – 1962)

"Fisher put forward a genetics conceptual model that shows that continuous variation amongst phenotypic traits could be the result of Mendelian inheritance. The paper also contains the first use of the statistical ter…

1918

#4602

Ventriculography following the injection of air into the cerebral ventricles.

DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)
DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)

Dandy was responsible for the introduction of ventriculography.

1918

#7099

Married love. A new contribution to the solution of sex difficulties.

STOPES, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (1880 – 1958)
STOPES, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (1880 – 1958)

One of the first books to discuss the differences between male and female sexual desires, and the first book to note that increased sexual desire in women coincides with ovulation and the period right before menstruat…

1918

#7725

Die Rotation der Wange und allgemeine Bemerkungen bei chirurgischer Gesichtsplastik.

ESSER, Johannes Fredericus Samuel (1877 – 1946)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1918

#8107

Air service medical manual.

U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT, Air Service, Division of Military Aeronautics WILMER, William Holland (1863 – 1936)

The first U. S. work dedicated to the medical aspects of military pilot selection. According to the National Museum of Health and Medicine, this manual was written by William Holland Wilmer, then director of the Medic…

1918

#8604

Medical diseases of the war. Second edition

HURST, Sir Arthur Frederick (1879 – 1944)

Roughly the first half of this work is on "war neuroses." The second half is on "infective and other disorders," including gas poisoning. Hurst greatly expanded the first section after experience as a neurologist in E…

1918

#8720

The history of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 2 vols.

MOORE, Sir Norman (1847 – 1922)
MOORE, Sir Norman (1847 – 1922)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918

#8742

A list of books by some of the old masters of medicine and surgery together with books on the history of medicine and on medical biography in the possession of Lewis Stephen Pilcher with biographical and bibliographical notes and reproductions of some title pages and captions.

PILCHER, Lewis Stephen (1845 – 1934)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918

#8821

American Negro slavery: A survey of the supply, employment and control of Negro labor as determined by the plantation régime.

PHILLIPS, Ulrich Bonnell (1877 – 1934)
PHILLIPS, Ulrich Bonnell (1877 – 1934)

Incudes information on health and medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918

#9597

Manual of medical research laboratory.

U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT, Air Service, Division of Military Aeronautics WILMER, William Holland (1863 – 1936)

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1918

#9986

Ueber die Pharmaka in der Ilias und Odyssee.

SCHMIEDEBERG, Johann Ernst Oswald (1838 – 1921)

Medicines and poisons in the Iliad and Odyssey.

1918

#10807

The history of the Boston Medical Library.

FARLOW, John Woodward (1853 – )

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918

#10998

The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt. An illustrated and detailed account of the early organisation and work of the Australian medical units in Egypt in 1914-1915.

BARRETT, James William Sir (1862 – 1945)
BARRETT, James William Sir (1862 – 1945) DEANE, Percival Edgar (Percy) (1890 – 1946)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918

#11014

The medical report of the Rice Expedition to Brazil.

COUNCILMAN, William Thomas (1854 – 1933)
COUNCILMAN, William Thomas (1854 – 1933) LAMBERT, Robert Archibald (1883 – 1960)

The expedition was led by Alexander H. Rice, Jr., an American physician, geographer, geologist and explorer noted for his expeditions to the Amazon Basin. "As a geographer and explorer Rice specialized in rivers.[1][7…

1918

#11922

"Spanish influenza," "Three-day fever," "The flu".

U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Public health advice from the U.S. Public Health Service published during the pandemic.

1918

#12076

War surgery of the face: A treatise on plastic restoration after facial injury. Prepared at the suggestion of the Subsection on Plastic and Oral Surgery connected with the Office of the Surgeon General.

ROBERTS, John Bingham (1852 – 1924)

Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.