1920–1929
805 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1928
#2317
A history of pathology.
The first systematic history of the subject in the English language. Revised edition, New York, Dover Publications, 1965.
1928
#2652
Cancer and heredity.
By selective breeding over a period of 15 years, Slye produced generations of mice absolutely resistant to, or particularly susceptible to, cancer. She demonstrated that resistance is a Mendelian dominant and suscepti…
1928
#2652.1
Über ein neues Prinzip zur Herstellung höher Spannungen.
RF-powered linear accelerator.
1928 –1929
#2523
The pathogenic streptococci. An historical survey of their role in human and animal disease.
Documents over 1,600 studies.
1928
#194.1
Äskulap und Venus. Eine Kultur- und Sittengeschichte im Spiegel des Ärztes.
An exhaustive and well-illustrated survey of medical anthropology with emphasis on sexuality.
1928
#2856.1
Beiträge zur Lehre von den angeborenen Herzfehlern.
Roesler described the most important roentgenologic sign of aortic coarctation.
1928
#2576
Studies on Bacillus typhosus toxic substances. I. Phenomenon of local skin reactivity to B. typhosus culture filtrate.
“Shwartzman phenomenon.”
1928
#3089
Demonstratie van een paar zeldzaam voorkomende typen van bloedlichaampjes en bespreking der patiënten.
See No. 3092.
1928
#3546
Die Entzündungen des Magens. In: F. Henke & O. Lubarsch: Handbuch der speziellen pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie, 4, Heft 2, 768-1116.
Konjetzny suggested that peptic ulceration is the sequel to a specific form of gastritis.
1928
#3156
Cardio-vascular diseases since Harvey’s discovery.
Harveian Oration, 1928.
1928 –1929
#4246
Studies of urea excretion.
Blood urea clearance test. With J. F. Mcintosh and D. D. Van Slyke.
1928
#3406
Menière’s disease; its diagnosis and a method of treatment.
Dandy’s operation for relief of Menière’s syndrome.
1928
#3004.1
Traumatic aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the internal carotid artery. With a note by Wilfred Trotter.
In 1924 Wilfred Trotter(1872-1939) performed the first planned operation for intracranial aneurysm diagnosed pre-operatively.
1928
#4152
Relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis.
See No. 4151.
1928
#4897.1
Electro-surgery as an aid to the removal of intracranial tumors. With a preliminary note on a new surgical-current generator by W.T. Bovie.
Introduction of electrocoagulation in neurosurgery.
1928
#5070
L’anatoxine diphtérique. Ses propriétés–ses applications.
In 1923 Ramon so modified the diphtheria toxin with formaldehyde that it lost its toxic properties while retaining its antigenic virtues. This modified “anatoxin” (toxoid) superseded toxin–antitoxin as an immunizing a…
1928
#4155
Geschichte der Dermatologie, geographische Verteilung der hautkrankheiten Nomenklatur. (Handbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, Bd. 14, 2. T.)
1928
#4395
Dissociation of bone growth. (Exostoses and enchondromata, of Ollier’s dyschondroplasia and associated phenomena.) In The Robert Jones Birthday Volume
Jansen’s theory of dissociation of bone growth.
1928
#4958
Mongolism. A study of the physical and mental characteristics of mongolian imbeciles. Revised by H. G. Brainerd.
Down syndrome.
1928
#5709.1
Anaesthesia for tonsillectomy and removal of adenoids.
Denis Browne ether inhaler.
1928
#5761
Cleft palate.
Wardill’s operation for cleft palate.
1928
#5783
Mammectomie totale et autogreffe libre aréolomamelonnaire; mammectomie bilatérale esthétique.
The modern operation of total bilateral mammectomy, with transplantation of the nipple and areola, was especially developed by Dartigues.
1928
#5351
Hydatid disease. Its pathology, diagnosis and treatment.
Dew’s book remains the authoritative source. His many contributions to the knowledge of hydatid disease are summarized in it.
1928
#5814.1
The book of the ten treatises on the eye ascribed to Hunain Ibn Is-hâq. The earliest existing systematic text-book of ophthalmology. The Arabic text from the only two known manuscripts, with an English translation and glossary by Max Meyerhof.
The earliest extant systematic textbook of ophthalmology. The Arabs were the first to make a specialty of ophthalmology.
1928
#5194.1
Researches on the intestinal protozoa of monkeys and man.
Classic account of the life-cycle of Entamoeba histolytica.
1928
#5396.1
Experiments relating to the pathology and the etiology of Mexican typhus (tabardillo).
Mooser differentiated murine from epidemic typhus. The causative organism was later named Rickettsia mooseri.
1928
#5434
The reaction of the skin of the normal rabbit following intradermal injection of material from smallpox lesions: the specificity of this reaction and its application as a diagnostic test.
McKinnon’s diagnostic test.
1928
#5434.1
Cultivation of vaccinia virus without tissue culture.
Introduction of “Maitland’s medium”.
1928
#5461
A yellow fever vaccine.
First vaccine for immunization against yellow fever. Hindle devised a method for the transportation of frozen infected material from West Africa to London, making it possible to carry on experimental work in Britain.
1928
#5462
Experimental transmission of yellow-fever to laboratory animals.
Experimental infection of the monkey, Macacus rhesus, with the yellow fever virus. Stokes succumbed to yellow fever while investigating the disease. With J. H. Bauer and N. P. Hudson.
1928
#6222
Schwangerschaftsdiagnose aus dem Ham (durch Hormonnachweis).
The Aschheim-Zondek test for the diagnosis of pregnancy.
1928
#6643
The quacks of old London.
1928
#6727
Available sources and future prospects of medical biography.
Includes a valuable bibliography of sources of medical biography.
1928
#6728
Dictionary of American medical biography. Lives of eminent physicians of the United States and Canada, from the earliest times.
This is the revised and expanded third and final edition of Kelly's A cyclopedia of American medical biography, comprising the lives of eminent deceased physicians and surgeons from 1610 to 1910. (Philadelphia: W.B. S…
1928
#5256.1
Studies in malaria, with special references to treatment. Part IX. Plasmoquine in the treatment of malaria.
Clinical trials of pamaquin.
1928
#6366
Xanthomatosis and the reticulo-endothelial system.
“Rowland collected 14 cases of the Hand–Schüller–Christian syndrome, and made the important generalization that it was due to xanthomatosis” (Rolleston).
1928
#6421
A short history of medicine.
A highly readable outline history. Second edition revised by E.A. Underwood (1962).
1928
#6583
Four centuries of medical history in Canada. 2 vols.
1928
#6610.1
Esculape chez les artistes.
Chapters and illustrations on deformities, infirmities, medicine, surgery, etc.
1928
#251.2
The significance of pneumococcal types.
Griffith’s experiments on transforming type II pneumococci into type III were repeated by Avery who was able sixteen years later (No. 255.3) to demonstrate that DNA was the transforming material.
1928
#7392
The development of the human eye.
The first monograph on the subject, illustrated with drawings by the author.
1928
#7824
Bibliographicheskii ukazatel' russkoi literatury po istorii meditsiny s 1789 g. po 1928.
1928
#8326
Firdausu'l-Hikmat or Paradise of wisdom. Edited by M. Z. Siddiqi.
Firdous al-Hikmah is one of the oldest encyclopedias of Islamic medicine, based on Syriac translations of Greek sources (Hippocrates, Galen Dioscorides, and others). It is divided into 7 sections and 30 parts, with 36…
1928
#8532
The zoological section of the Nuzhatu-l-Qulūb of Hamdullāh Al-Mustaufī Al-Qazwīnī. Edited and translated by John Stephenson.
1928
#8796
Mescal: The "divine" plant and its psychological effects. With an introduction by Macdonald Critchley.
The first study of the psychological effects of mescaline.
1928
#9271
Use of plants by the Chippewa Indians. Smithsonian Institution-Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 44.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1928
#9289
Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians.
1928
#9516
Das Arteriensystem der Japaner von Dr. Buntaro Adachi unter Mitwirkung von Dr. Kotondo Hasebe ... mit 539 Abbildungen im Text und auf vier farbigen Tafeln sowie mit etwa 700 Tabellen.
1928
#9943
The holy incense: A botanical, pharmacological, psychological and archaeological appreciation of the Bible.
1928
#10118
Coming of age in Samoa: A psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation.
Mead based her study primarily on adolescent girls on the island of Ta'u in the Samoan Islands. The book detailed the sexual life of teenagers in Samoan society in the early 20th century, and theorized that culture ha…