1920–1929
805 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1925
#10763
Neurological fragments, with ‘Biographical Memoir’ and ‘List of Dr. Hughlings Jackson's Published Writings’ by James Taylor.
1925
#11006
The life of Sir William Osler. 2 vols.
Cushing received the Pulitzer Prize for this masterful biography, which remains the essential account of Osler's life, work, and selections from his correspondence. Cushing donated his very extensive research material…
1925
#11007
Beginnings of medical education in and near Chicago: The institutions and the men.
Digital facsimile of separately paginated 144pp. illustrated offprint from the Internet Archive at this link.
1925
#11108
Opere di Agostino Bassi n. a Mairago 1778-m. a Lodi 1856- scelte e pubblicate a cura del comitato nazionale per la ristampa auspice la Società medico-chirurgica di Pavia.
1925
#11264
The scientific man and the bible: A personal testimony.
1925
#11426
A list of old medical books, books on the history of medicine, and medical bibliography, and a list of medical portraits, in the posession [sic] of Le Roy Crummer. Together with some bibliographical notes
1925
#11479
Sur un remarquable example d'antogonisme entre deux souches de colibacille.
Discovery of bacteriocins. Gratia called his discovery a colicine because bacteriocins killed E. coli.
1925
#12035
Pansporella perplexa. Réflexions sur la biologie et la phylogénie des protozoaires.
Chatton was the first to characterize the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization. See Jan Sapp, "The prokaryote-Eukaryote dichtomy: meanings and mythology," Microbiol. Mol.…
1925
#12382
Chirurgie der Sportunfalle.
1925
#12850
Documents pour servir à l’histoire de l’art dentaire en France et principalement à Paris.
1925
#12908
Operative dentistry for children: A text book dealing with prophylactic and curative treatment of the teeth of the child, based upon experience gained during more than twenty-five years devoted to the care of children exclusively.
The first book in English exclusively on pedodontics. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1925
#12935
The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the permanent dentition. By Walter Hess. [with] The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the deciduous dentition and of the first permanent molars
1925
#13849
The medical follies: An analysis of the foibles of some healing cults: Including osteopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, and the electronic reactions of Abrams, with Essays on the antivivisectionists, health legislation, physical culture, birth control, and rejuvenation.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1926
#795.1
The capillary pressure in frog mesentery as determined by micro-injection methods.
Direct measurement of the blood pressure within the capillaries.
1926 –1927
#796
Studies in the velocity of blood flow.
First practical method of measuring circulation time. "In 1925, Hermann Blumgart performed the first diagnostic procedure using radioactive indicators on humans; this first is well recognized. Less well recognized is …
1926
#663
Muscular contraction and the reflex control of movement.
A detailed study of the physiology of skeletal muscle. A valuable historical introduction will be found on pp. 3-55, and the book includes an extensive bibliography.
1926
#663.1
Cameron Prize Lectures on some results of studies in the physiology of posture.
Magnus demonstrated the function of the otoliths and semicircular canals of the inner ear in regulating the equilibrium of the body.
1926
#4608
A classification of the tumors of the glioma group on a histogenetic basis with a correlated study of prognosis.
From 1922 to 1925 Bailey undertook extensive pathological and histological studies of brain tumors, and based on cellular configuration, he created a classification system of thirteen categories. In 1927 he reduced th…
1926
#4609
Über das morphologische Wesen und die Histopathologie der hereditaersystematischen Nervenkrankheiten.
Schaffer was a pioneer Hungarian neuropathologist. He laid down a triad of criteria for judging whether or not a neurological disease is hereditary.
1926
#1057
A further study of butter, fresh beef, and yeast as pellagra preventives, with consideration of the relation of factor P-P of pellagra (and black tongue of dogs) to vitamin B.
Anti-pellagra vitamin (B2, riboflavine). With G. A. Wheeler, R. D. Lillie, and L. M. Rogers.
1926
#1058.1
The anti-rachitic properties of irradiated sterols.
Proof that the irradiation of ergosterol formed vitamin D.
1926
#4633
Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech. 2 vols.
Head’s theory of aphasia conceived the condition as being “a disorder of symbolic formulation and expression”.
1926
#1307
The impulses produced by sensory nerve-endings. Part 2. The response of a single end-organ.
The observations of Adrian and Zotterman on the response of single sensory end-organs to a natural stimulus led them to formulate their conception of “adaptation” of receptors to stimuli.
1926
#1137
Chemistry of thyroxine I.
Harington showed that thyroxine is a derivative of tyrosine, and he gave its formula as C15H11O4NI4.
1926
#1227
Die Unfruchtbarkeit als Folge unnatürlicher Lebensweise.
Investigation of the effect of starvation and overfeeding on the gonads and on sexual capacity.
1926
#1241
Studies on kidney function.
First attempt to determine the glomerular filtration rate in man.
1926
#2051
Der Apotheker als Subjekt und Objekt der Literatur.
1926
#145.64
Variazioni e fluttuazioni del numero d’individui in specie animali conviventi.
The mathematician Volterra created the basic equations for two species interactions. Abridged English translation as appendix to R. Chapman, Animal ecology, New York, 1931.
1926
#1912.1
Biological relations of optically isomeric substances.
Cushny made important contributions concerning the pharmacological action of optical isomers over a period of nearly twenty years. He summarized this work and that of others in his Charles E. Dohme Lectures, 1925.
1926
#1913
Vergleichende Messungen über die Gewöhnung des Atemzentrums an Morphin, Dicodid und Dilaudid.
Introduction of dilaudid (Hydromorphone)
1926
#1914
Actions and uses of the salicylates and cinchophen in medicine.
Republished in book form, Baltimore, 1927.
1926
#1915
On the chemotherapy of neurosyphilis and trypanosomiasis.
Study of the effect of twelve different substances in neurosyphilis and trypanosomiasis.
1926
#1917
The action of adrenalin and ergotamine on the uterus of the rabbit.
Gaddum produced concentration-effect curves of antagonistic drugs, showing the dose-ratio linearly related to antagonistic concentration. See also No. 1925.1
1926
#2137.6
Aviation medicine.
Bauer established the first school for flight surgeons in the United States. His book discusses the question of oxygen supply and its essential partial pressure, and discusses the effect of hight degrees of accelerati…
1926 –1978
#2311
Handbuch der speziellen pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie. Edited by Friedrich Henke, Otto Lubarsch and Robert Rössle. 13 vols. in 43.
1: Blut, Knochenmark, Lymphknoten, Milz. 1/1: Blut, Lymphknoten von Max Askanazy. 1926. 1/2: Milz, Knochenmark von Max Askanazy. 1927. 3A: Lymphknoten: Diagnostik in Schnitt und Ausstrich: Cytologie und Lymphadenitis …
1926
#2462
Protozoology. 2 vols.
Wenyon was one of the world’s foremost authorities on medical protozoology.
1926
#2345
Ueber Versuche, schwere Formen der Tuberkulose durch diätetische Behandlung zu beeinflussen.
Gerson introduced a salt-restricted diet in the treatment of tuberculosis; this was subsequently modified by Sauerbruch and Herrmannsdorfer, becoming known as the “Gerson–Sauerbruch–Hermannsdorfer diet”. The scientifi…
1926
#2650
Haemagglutinegehalte van het bloedserum bij carcinoompatiënten.
Bendien test for the diagnosis of cancer. He published books in German and English on this subject in 1931. Modification by E. C. Lowe, Brit. med. J., 1932, 2, 1060.
1926
#2651
Ueber den Stoffwechsel der Tumoren.
In his important studies of the metabolism of tumors, Warburg was first to observe that malignant tissue utilizes glucose by glycolysis, whether or not oxygen is available (aerobic glycolysis). English translation, 1930.
1926
#2522.1
A disease of rabbits characterised by a large mononuclear leucocytosis, caused by a hitherto undescribed bacillus acterium monocytogenes (n. sp.).
Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes. With R. A. Webb and M. B. R. Swann.
1926
#3087.2
Hereditär pseudohemofili.
Von Willebrand’s disease, pseudo-hemophilia type B, an hereditary bleeding disorder affecting both sexes.
1926
#3140
Treatment of pernicious anemia by a special diet.
Introduction of raw liver diet in the treatment of pernicious anemia. This treatment ranks as one of the greatest modern advances in therapy. See also the later paper in the same journal, 1927, 89,759-66. Reprinted in…
1926
#3201
The nature of the “oat-celled sarcoma” of the mediastinum.
An important study of the histology of “oat-celled sarcoma” which Barnard showed to be primary carcinoma of the lung.
1926
#3325
Displacement irrigation of nasal sinuses; a new procedure in diagnosis and conservative treatment.
Displacement method of treatment of nasal sinusitis; published in book form, St. Louis, 1931.
1926
#1058
Antineuritische Vitamine.
Isolation of vitamin B1 (aneurine, thiamine), lack of which is a cause of beri-beri.
1926
#3758
A further study of butter, fresh beef, and yeast as pellagra preventatives, with consideration of the relation of factor P-P of pellagra (and black tongue of dogs) to vitamin B.
Anti-pellagra vitamin. With G. A. Wheeler, R. D. Lillie, and L. M. Rogers.
1926
#3785
Der Morbus Gaucher und die ihm ähnlichen Erkrankungen. (Die lipoidzellige Splenohepatomegalie Typus Niemann und die diabetische Lipoidzellenhyperplasie der Milz.)
“Niemann-Pick disease” – a group of inherited, severe metabolic disorders, first noted by Albert Niemann in 1914, (No. 3784) in 1914. Pick’s account is of greater importance.
1926
#2988
A new treatment of thoracic aneurysm.
Babcock’s operation for thoracic aneurysm. See also Amer. J. Surg.,1932, 16,401-07.
1926
#1206
Crystalline insulin.
Crystalline insulin first obtained. See also J. Pharmacol., 1927, 31, 65-85.
1926
#4273
Minor surgery of the prostate gland; a new cystoscopic instrument employing a cutting current capable of operation in a water medium.
Stern’s resectoscope.