1910–1919
772 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1913
#3028.1
Chirurgie des malformations congénitales ou acquises du coeur.
First attempt at surgical relief of valvular disease of the heart (congenital pulmonary stenosis). Experimental valvotomy.
1913 –1926
#3696
Kulturgeschichte der Zahnheilkunde. 4 vols. Edited by Curt Proskauer.
Vol. 4: Iconographia odontologia. Mit 186 abbildungen, by Curt Proskauer.
1913
#4884
Air in the ventricles of the brain, following a fracture of the skull.
Luckett’s finding of air in the ventricles gave Dandy (No. 4602) the idea for ventriculography.
1913
#4884.1
Operative Erfolge bei Geschwülsten der Sehhügel-und Vierhügel gegend.
Successful removal of pineal tumor.
1913
#5066
Die Diphtherietoxin – Hautreaktion des Menschen als Vorprobe der prophylaktischen Diphtherieheilseruminjektion.
Schick developed his test for use as an indication as to whether or not prophylactic injections of antitoxin are necessary in children already exposed to diphtheria. English translation in J. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1938, 5,…
1913
#5067
Ueber ein neues Diphtherieschutzmittel.
Toxin–antitoxin for immunization against diphtheria.
1913
#5300.1
Un cas de kala-azar à Asuncion (Paraguay).
Migone first noted the existence of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas (Paraguay).
1913
#5191
Experimental entamoebic dysentery.
Walker and Sellards made important additions to our knowledge of amoebiasis, including the determination of the incubation period and the demonstration that E. tetragena and E. minuta are identical with E. histolytica.
1913
#5629
The kinetic theory of shock and its prevention through anoci-association (shockless operation).
Crile advanced the anoci-association concept in which local and general anesthesia are combined in a sequence to eliminate pre-operative fear and tension.
1913
#5436
The historic evolution of variolation.
1913
#5699
Oil-ether anaesthesia.
Gwathmey produced anesthesia by injection into the rectum of liquid ether with olive oil dissolved in it (synergistic anesthesia). Faulconer & Keys report that by 1930 Gwathmey was able to report 20,000 successful cas…
1913
#5699.2
Intratracheal anaesthesia.
Kelly’s intratracheal ether apparatus.
1913
#5217
Lymphogranulomatose inguinale subaiguë d’origine génitale probable, peut-être vénérienne.
First important description. Sometimes called “Nicolas–Favre disease” and “Nicolas–Durand–Favre disease”.
1913 –1914
#6488
The surgical instruments of the Hindus, with a comparative study of the surgical instruments of the Greek, Roman, Arab and the modern Eouropean [sic] surgeons. 2 vols.
Vol. 2 consists of plates.
1913
#6537
The physician in English history.
Linacre Lecture, 1913.
1913
#6408
An introduction to the history of medicine.
One of the best single-volume histories of medicine from the bibliographical point of view, mainly for 19th century and earlier material. A rather compressed work with much detail, this is really more of a reference w…
1913
#6659
ISIS. 1-
Official publication of the History of Science Society. The latest issue may be viewed at www.ljournals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/current.
1913
#245.4
The linear arrangement of six sex-linked factors in Drosophila, as shown by their mode of association.
Proof that the genes are arranged in a linear sequence along the chromosome. Sturtevant determined the relative positions of six genetic factors on a fly’s chromosome by creating a process called gene mapping. The wor…
1913
#245.5
Non-disjunction of the sex chromosome of Drosophila.
Bridges discovered non-disjunction, failure of chromosome pairs to segregate regularly during meiosis.
1913
#6871
Implantation of artificial crown and bridge abutments.
The Greenfield implant system, also known as the Greenfield crib or basket, was one of earliest sucessful dental implants. It consisted of an irioplatinum implant attached to a gold crown. The implant lasted for a num…
1913
#6919
The diffraction of short electromagnetic waves by a crystal.
At the age of 22, Bragg discovered that the regular pattern of dots produced on a photographic plate by an X-ray beam passing through a crystal could be regarded as a reflection of electromagnetic radiation from plane…
1913
#6920
The reflection of x-rays by crystals.
Discovery of X-ray crystallography. The father and son team of physicists, William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg, constructed the first X-ray spectrometer using crystals as gratings, using a known wavelength …
1913
#7075
Animal communities in temperate America as illustrated in the Chicago region. A study in animal ecology.
This book represents the beginning of organized theoretical principles for animal ecology, including Shelford's "law of toleration" or "law of tolerance." "Analogous to the physiologists' law of the minimum [developed…
1913
#7436
Our vanishing wild life: Its extermination and reservation.
One of the first books wholly devoted to endangered wild animals. Hornaday revolutionized museum exhibits by displaying wildlife in their natural settings, and is credited with discovering the American crocodile, savi…
1913
#7542
The complete athletic trainer, by S. A. Mussabini in collaboration with Charles Ranson.
Includes advice on health, diet, etc. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#8553
Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum. Organised by Henry S. Wellcome.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#8974
Garci da Orta: Colloquies on the simples & drugs of India. New edition (Lisbon, 1895) edited and annotated by the Conde de Ficalho. Translated with an introduction and index by Sir Clements Markham.
![ORTA, Garcia de [Garcia d'Orta] (1501 – 1568)](/media/portraits/2236)
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#9380
Totem und Tabu: Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker.
Freud's primary contribution to medical anthropology. First translated into English by A. A. Brill as Totem and taboo: Resemblances between the psychic lives of savages and neurotics (1919). Digital facsimile of the 1…
1913
#9443
Heredity with reference to carcinoma: As shown by the study of the cases examined in the pathological laboratory of the University of Michigan, 1895-1913.
"In 1895, a young seamstress of his [Warthin's] acquaintance told him about her family's long history of cancer deaths.[6] Intrigued, he researched her family's history, searching death records and administering quest…
1913
#9496
Die Geschichte der Physiologie des Vestibular Apparates seit 1850. IN: Politzer’s Geschichte der Ohrenheilkunde, Vol. 2.
Translated into English by Dennis G. Pappas, as "Barany's History of vestibular physiology: Translation and commentary," Ann. Otol. Rhin. Larygngol.,1984, 93, no. 2, pt. 3. Supplement 110.
1913
#9658
Vitalfärbung am Zentralnervensystem. Beitrag zur Physio-pathologie des Plexus choroideus und der Hirnhäute.
Goldmann was the first to demonstrate the blood-brain barrier. "By the intravenous and intrathecal administration of trypan blue he found that the barrier was impermeable to its large molecules, and he concluded that …
1913
#10791
Social work in hospitals: A contribution to progressive medicine.
Cannon, sister of Walter Bradford Cannon, established medical social work as an accepted subspecialty of social work first at Massachusetts General Hospital, and eventually throughout the U.S. Her career was closely a…
1913
#11155
Manuel d'ostéopathie pratique, théorie et procédés, par le Dr L. Moutin et G. A. Mann, d'après les ouvrages du Dr Andrew Taylor Still,... et du Dr Wilfred L. Riggs,... à l'usage des élèves de l'École d'ostéopathie.
The first French monograph on osteopathy.
1913
#11249
Important discovery in tropical medicine: Metamorphosis of Filaria Loa.
Leiper discovered diurnal periodicity in Filaria Loa, as the worm embryos are found in the blood only during day, as an adaptation to the day-biting habits of their insect vector, a biting fly of the genus Chrysopa. T…
1913
#11438
Die Kinetik der Invertinwirkung.
The Michaelis-Menten equation, which showed that the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction is proportional to the amount of the enzyme-substrate complex. This relationship between reaction rate and enzyme–substrate con…
1913
#11550
Surgery of the vascular system.
Bernheim was a pupil of William Halsted. His work includes 53 illustrations by James Didusch, a protegé of Max Broedel. "The depict the innovative vascular procedures developed by Carrel, halsted, Matas, and Bernheim …
1913
#11679
Clinical electrocardiography.
The first textbook of electrocardiography.
1913
#12447
Le problème physiologique du sommeil.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#12488
The principles and practice of obstetrics.
Digital facsimile of the 1914 printing from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#12624
Ḥunain ibn Isḥāḳ und seine Schule: Sprach- und literargeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu den arabischen Hippokrates- und Galen-Übersetzungen.
1913
#12743
Beiträge zur kenntnis der chinesischen sowie der tibetisch-mongolischen pharmakologie.
Contributions to the history of pharmacology in China, Tibet and Mongolia. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1913
#12744
Shou-Shi-Pien: Ein chinesisches Lehrbuch der Geburtshülfe. Aus dem chinesischen Urtext übersetzt und erläutert von Dr. med. et phil. Hübotter.
1913
#12905
Exodontia: A practical treatise on the technic of extraction of teeth with a chapter on anesthesia. A complete guide for the exodontist, general dental practitioner, and dental student.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1913 –1922
#12960
Pratyaksa-śārira: pratyaksha-shariram: A textbook of human anatomy in Sanskrit with English & Sanskrit introductions, containing a short history of Ayurvedic literature. 3 vols.
1913
#13264
Beiträge zur Pathologie und Klinik der Mammacarcinome.
In a study of 3,000 mastectomies, Salomon compared X-rays of the beasts (mammograms) to the actual removed tissue, paying close attention to microcalcifications. In doing so he was able to establish the difference in …
1913
#14325
Extramukose cardiaplastik beim chronischen cardiospasmus mit dilatation des esophagus.
Heller myotomy for the treatment of achalasia.
1914
#29
[Opera omnia]. Corpus Medicorum Graecorum V ...
![GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)](/media/portraits/21)
As of 1990 about twenty volumes containing perhaps a fifth of the Corpus were published. Although the principles of the edition varied somewhat over the 75 year course of the project, all volumes represent a decisive …
1914
#958
The absorption and dissociation of carbon dioxide by human blood.
CO2 dissociation curves. These workers discovered that hemoglobin indirectly greatly assists the transport of CO2 by the blood.
1914
#964
The respiratory function of the blood.
Barcroft’s studies of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood are recorded in the above monograph. He particularly concentrated on elucidation of the oxygen dissociation curve. The second edition, 2 vols., Cambridge…
1914 –1915
#561
Mitochondria and other cytoplasmic structures in tissue cultures.
Original investigations upon the visible mitochondria.