1910–1919
772 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1912
#4386
Un cas d’absence des vertèbres cervicales avec cage thoracique remontant jusqu’à la base du crâne (cage thoracique cervicale).
“Klippel–Feil syndrome” – absence or incomplete development of cervical vertebrae. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 511-16.
1912
#4386.01
Infections of the hand: A guide to the surgical treatment of acute and chronic suppurative processes in the fingers, hand, and forearm.
The first comprehensive treatise on hand surgery, and the classic work on tendon and bursal hand spaces relevant to management of hand infections. Kanavel developed the method of forcible injection of radio-opaque mat…
1912
#4386.02
Anterior dislocation of the head of the ulna.
Darrach procedure for problems of the distal ulna.
1912
#4197
Ueber Leitungsanästhesie bei Nierenoperationen und Thorakoplastiken überhaupt bei Operationen am Rumpf.
Paravertebral anesthesia in urology.
1912
#5159
An account of the discovery of a hitherto undescribed infective disease occurring among the population of Rangoon.
First description of melioidosis. Together with C.S. Krishnaswami, Whitmore identified Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis (also known as "Whitmore's disease") in opium addicts in Rangoon in …
1912
#5174
Further observations on a plague-like disease of rodents with a preliminary note on the causative agent, Bacterium tularense.
Isolation of Pasteurella tularensis, causal organism in tularemia.
1912
#5285.2
On the transmission of human trypanosomes by Glossina morsitans, Westw.; and on the occurrence of human trypanosomes in game.
Glossina morsitans shown to be the transmitting fly of T. rhodesiense.
1912
#5285.3
Le trypanosoma cruzi évolue chez Conorhinus megistus, Cimex lectularius, Cimex Boueti et Ornithodorus moubata. Cycle évolutif de ce parasite.
Life cycle of T. cruzi described. English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1).
1912
#4985.1
Über die nervösen Charakter.
Adler seceded from Freud’s psycho-analytical group and founded the school of individual psychology. English translation of above, 1917. See also his Practice and theory of individual psychology, 1924.
1912
#5324
Salvarsantherapie der Rattenbisskrankheit in Japan.
Salvarsan first used in the treatment of rat-bite fever.
1912
#5756.6
Blood-vessel surgery and its applications.
This book describes Guthrie’s pioneer work in tissue and organ transplantation.
1912
#5756.7
Surgery and diseases of the mouth and jaws.
First comprehensive work on maxillofacial surgery. After World War I Blair established the first separate Plastic Surgery Service in the United States at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.
1912
#5960
Klinische, experimentelle und mikroskopische Studien über Trachom, Einschlussblenorrhöe und Frühjahrskatarrh.
Filtration of the virus of inclusion conjunctivitis.
1912
#5961
Le magot animal réactif du trachôme. Filtrabilité du virus. Pouvoir infectant des larmes.
Filtration of the trachoma agent, Chlamydia trachomatis. With L. Blaisot and A. Cuénod.
1912
#5962
Angiopathia retinae traumatica. Lymphorrhagien des Augengrundes.
“Purtscher’s disease”, traumatic angiopathy of the retina, first described.
1912
#5963
Intrakapsuläre Staroperationen.
Stanculeanu’s technique for cataract extraction.
1912
#5367
Das Oleum chenopodii anthelmintici gegen Ankylostomiasis im Vergleich zu anderen Wurmmitteln.
Schüffner and Vervoort introduced oil of chenopodium for the treatment of ankylostomiasis as early as 1900.
1912
#5190
The rapid cure of amoebic dysentery and hepatitis by hypodermic injections of soluble salts of emetine.
Following up the work of Vedder, Rogers showed that the soluble salts of emetine could be safely injected subcutaneously. The general use of emetine, introduced by Rogers, diminished the incidence of liver abscess – a…
1912
#5698
Nitrous oxide-oxygen-ether anesthesia: notes on administration; a perfected apparatus.
Boothby and Cotton’s flowmeter.
1912
#5255.1
The cultivation of malaria plasmodia (Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum) in vitro.
Cultivation of the malaria parasite.
1912
#6250
Operative Gynäkologie. 3rd ed.
Includes (p. 879) first description of Krönig’s operation of transperitoneal lower-segment Caesarean section.
1912
#6609
Plastik und Medizin.
1912
#5756.8
Die kosmetische Chirurgie. In Handbuch der Kosmetik, ed. M. Joseph.
Briefly describes (p. 688) the first facelift operation. Holländer later stated that the operation was performed in 1901. A pupil of James Israel (No. 5755.1), Holländer is better known today for his series of books o…
1912
#4596.1
Röntgen-diagnostik der Erkrankungen des Kopfes.
A fundamental work on radiological examination of the skull. English translation, St. Louis, 1918.
1912
#2101
Lead poisoning and lead absorption.
1912
#6917
Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen. . . . Eine quantitative Prüfung der Theorie für die Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen
Discovery of the diffraction of X-rays in crystals. Laue’s discovery was of dual importance: it allowed the subsequent investigation of X-radiation by means of wavelength determination, and it provided the means for t…
1912
#7050
The Negro in medicine.
An early publication on the medical problems of blacks written by a black physician. Kenney served as school physician at Tuskegee University, was the first director of the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at Tuskegee…
1912
#7177
Hygiene der Aeronautik und Aviatik.
Schrötter conducted a great deal of research on the physiological influence of barometric pressure and was one of the first to apply these observations to aviation medicine. Following flight tests he was the first to …
1912
#7178
Zur Physiologie und Hygiene der Luftfahrt.
Luftfahrt und Wissenschaft, herausgegeben on Joseph Stricker. Heft 3.
1912
#7482
The depths of the ocean. A general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian Steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.
1912
#8153
Die Entstehung der Kontinente.
Wegener originated the theory of continental drift in this paper on the origin of continents, which he conceived after being struck by the apparent correspondence in the shapes of the coastlines on the west and east s…
1912
#8407
On mortality and the causes of death according to occupations. IN: Transactions of the 15th International Congress on Hygiene Demography, pp. 336-339.
Bertillon, brother of Alphonse Bertillon, was Chief of Statistical Services for the city of Paris. His classification of diseases was based on the principle, adopted by Farr, of distinguishing between general diseases…
1912 –1914
#10151
A veterinary history of the war in South Africa, 1899-1902. Supplement to: Veterinary record May 25, 1912-Sept. 26, 1914.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1912
#10413
Modern methods in nursing.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1912
#10792
An index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by various writers. Edited by Herbert French.
The first edition extended to more than 1000 pages. It had reached its 16th edition by 2016. Digital facsimile of the New York 1912 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
1912
#10921
Does a human tick-borne disease exist in British Columbia?
Report on the first cases of "tick paralysis", a potentially lethal disease treatable by removing the tick. Follow-up paper by Todd: "Tick bite in British Columbia," Canad. med. Assoc. J., 2 (1912) 1118-1119. Unlike m…
1912
#11017
History of medical teaching in Trinity College Dublin and of the School of Physic In Ireland.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1912
#11097
Der Londoner medizinische Papyrus (Brit. Museum 10 059) und der Papyrus Hearst in Transkription, Übersetzung und Kommentar. Herausgegeben von Walther Wreszinski. Mit Facsimile der Londoner Pap. auf 17 Lichtdrucktafeln.
The London Medical Papyrus contains "61 recipes, of which 25 are classified as medical while the remainder are of magic.[1] The medical foci of the writing are skin complaints, eye complaints, bleeding[2] (predominant…
1912
#11181
The development of the nervous system. Keibel & Mall (eds.) Manual of human embryology, vol. 2, pp. 1-156.
1912
#11252
Texts illustrating the history of medicine in the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army. Arranged in chronological order. Reprint from volume xvii, second series, Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office.
In 1912 Garrison was Assistant Librarian of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army. At the suggestion of Sir William Osler, Garrison prepared this classified listing of medical classics across the full range of the h…
1912
#11254
Die diluviale Vorzeit Deutschlands. Archäologischer Teil, von R. R. Schmidt; II. Geologischer Teil, von Ernest Koken, Die Geologie und Tierweld der paläolithischen Kulturstätten Deutschlands; III. Anthropologischer Teil von A. Schliz, Die diluvialen Menschenreste Deutschlands.
This splendidly produced and illustrated large folio volume was the first major book on paleolithic research published in Germany. Schmidt described systematic investigations of the caves in the Swabian Alps, and was …
1912
#11288
A review of the primates. 3 vols.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1912
#11535
The Kallikak family: A study in the heredity of feeble-mindedness.
When this book was published Goddard was Director of the Research Laboratory of the Training School at Vineland, New Jersey, for Feeble-minded Girls and Boys. Though this work drew wide attention to the problems of pe…
1912
#11812
Coral and atolls. A history and description of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, with an account of their fauna and flora, and a discussion of the method of development and transformation of coral structures in general.
Wood Jones was one of the first to study coral reefs as living organisms interacting with their environment. Prior to Wood Jones's book most of the work on corals was done from the systematics viewpoint using specimen…
1912
#12433
Cryptosporidium parvum (sp. nov.) a coccidium found in the small intestine of the common mouse.
Tyzzer described an even smaller species of cryptosporidium, Cryptosporidium parvum (sp. nov.), later recognized as the chief species infecting humans. His paper reproduced color lithographs of all the different life …
1912
#12582
Report of the International Plague Conference held at Mukden [Shenyang], April, 1911.
Report on the epidemic of pneumonic plague that raged in Manchuria and north China during the winter months of 1910-11, causing the death of nearly 50,000 people. This was the first outbreak of epidemic pneumonic plag…
1912
#12589
The causes and prevention of miners' nystagmus.
Abstract "Miners' nystagmus is an occupational neurosis which is confined to workers in coal mines. The chief symptom and physical sign is a rotatory oscillation of the eyeballs, which prevents the miner from accurate…
1912
#12888
Die Migräne.
Flatau presented the full clinical picture of migraine and described the disease as an innate disposition to pathological metabolic processes in the nervous system. He described its distinguished characters - ocular, …
1912
#13522
The influence of caffeine on mental and motor efficiency. Columbia Contributions to Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. XX, No. 4.
"The Coca-Cola Company, facing a lawsuit from the federal government under the Pure Food and Drug Act, approached Hollingworth (after James McKeen Cattell and several other psychologists turned them down)[4] about inv…
1912
#13833
Médecins et médecine en Éthiopie: Généralités, pathologie médicale, pathologie chirurgicale et accouchements, médecins étrangers en Éthiopie.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.