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1930–1939

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1934

#8564

The Greek herbal of Dioscorides, illustrated by a Byzantine, A.D. 512; Englished by John Goodyer, A.D. 1655; edited and first printed, A.D. 1933, by Robert T. Gunther ... with three hundred and ninety-six illustrations.

Goodyer's translation is considered more of a paraphrase than a translation.

1934

#8677

Jewish contributions to medicine in America from colonial times to the present.

1934

#8876

A leechbook or collection of medical receipts of the fifteenth century: The text of ms. no. 136 of the Medical Society of London, together with a transcript into modern spelling, transcribed and edited with an introduction, notes and appendix by Warren R. Dawson.

1934

#9066

Catálogo de las obras y documentos raros y curiosos de su libreria que figuran en la exposicion abierta para conmemorar el II centenario de su fundacion, 1734-1934.

Lists 198 books and manuscripts from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries in the collection of the National Academy of Medicine in Madrid.

1934

#9340

I. Un nouveau type de radioactivité. II. Séparation chimique des nouveaux radioéléments émetteur d’électrons positifs.

Discovery of artificially produced radionuclides or radioisotopes. In February 1934, the Joliot-Curies reported the first artificial production of radioactive material after discovering radioactivity in aluminum foil …

1934

#10391

Industrial maladies.

Legge was the first Medical Inspector of Factories and Workshops in the United Kingdom, appointed in 1898.

1934

#10609

An atlas of infant behavior: A systematic delineation of the forms and early growth of human behavior patterns... illustrated with 3,200 action photographs. Vol. l: Normative series, in collaboration with Helen Thompson and Catherine S. Amatruda. Selected bibliographies (p. 45). Vol. 2: Naturalistic series, in collaboration with Alice V. Keliher, Frances L. Ilg, and Jessie J. Carlson. (2 vols.)

Gesell, who originated the Child Study Center at Yale University, was the founder of the study of child development in the United States. He is best known for his groundbreaking studies of normal child development: be…

1934

#11001

Postures & practices during labor among primitive peoples: Adaptations to modern obstetrics, with chapters on taboos & superstitions & postpartum gymnastics.

1934

#11131

La lèpre.

A handsome folio volume of some seven hundred pages, well printed on fine paper and beautifully illustrated, the book is a tribute to the printer's art as well as to the scientist's efforts. Of special interest is the…

1934

#11350

Benign, encapsulated tumors in the lateral ventricles of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.

1934

#11358

Exhibition of first editions of epochal achievements in the history of science.

Briefly annotated listings of 114 classics under the headings of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Botany, Zoology, and the Hearst Medical Papyrus. Strangely, several major medical and biological cl…

1934

#11663

The negro professional man and the community with special emphasis on the physician and lawyer.

An in-depth social statistical and geographical analysis of America's black doctors including their distribution, economic links, and social activism that varied throughout the South, as well as the North and West.

1934

#12046

Oeuvre scientifique. Recueil des principaux travaux publié par les soins de J. A. Barré.

Collected edition of Babinski's previously published works edited by Barré and numerous other editors. Contents: La méthode en sémiologie. - Sémiologie. - Tumeurs cérébrales et compressions cérébrales. - Affections no…

1934

#12387

The isolation and properties of the purified protein derivative of tuberculin

Purification of tuberculin (PPD). By the 1940s Seibert's PPD was the international standard for tuberculin tests.

1934

#12509

Exhibit for dentistry at a Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934: A portrayal of problems of dental health and the prevention of dental disease with which is interwoven something of the development of the profession and the history of dental practice. Booklet prepared by Arthur D. Black. Exhibit operated under auspices of American Dental Association [and] Chicago Dental Society, by the Chicago Centennial Dental Congress, Chicago.

Illustrated 64-page brochure recording in detail an exhibition that was seen supposedly by 8,000,000 people. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1934

#12575

Onchocerciasis: With special reference to the Central American form of the disease. Parts I, II, III, and IV

In depth study of onchcerciasis in Guatemala, where "the disease was of real importance to human beings" at the time. Each of the 4 authors contributed a separate part of the report.

1934

#12990

Meharry Medical College: A history.

The first history of an African-American medical school written by an African-American. Meharry Medical College, founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, was the first medical college fo…

1934

#13231

L'analisi electroacustica del linguaggio. 2 vols.

1934

#13637

The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith

1934

#14203

The anemias.

1935

#4478

Interinnomino-abdominal (hind-quarter) amputation.

One-stage operation.

1935

#858.1

An apparatus for the culture of whole organs.

In 1931, the year before his son’s sensational kidnapping, the celebrity aviator began working with Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute on a perfusion pump which would allow the cultivation of whole organs in v…

1935

#1581

Geschichte der physiologischen Chemie.

Reprinted, Hildesheim, 1970.

1935

#4769

The influence of large doses of potassium chloride on myasthenia gravis.

Potassium salts first used in treatment of myasthenia gravis.

1935

#1152

Chemical studies on the adrenal cortex. II. Isolation of several physicologically inactive crystalline compounds from active extracts. III. Isolation of two new physiologically inactive compounds.

Isolation of Compound F, identical with Kendall’s Compund E. See No. 1151.

1935

#1201.1

Über krystallinisches männliches Hormon aus Hoden (Testosteron), wirksamer als aus Harn oder aus Cholesterin bereitetes Androsteron.

DAVID, K & et al.

Isolation of testosterone from the testis. With E. Dingemanse, J. Freud, and E. Laqueur.

1935

#1780

A geography of disease.

Published as supplement to Amer. J. trop. Med., 1935, 15, No. 5.

1935

#753

Ibn an Nafis und seine Theorie des Lungenkreislaufs.

Ibn-al-Nafis, a Syrian physician, described the lesser circulation in his commentary on the anatomy of the Canon of Avicenna, 1268. This was discovered in three Arabic MSS by Mohyi el Din el Tatawi, who included a Ger…

1935

#2022

Procedure and apparatus for preservation in “lyophile” form of serum and other biological substances.

1935

#2023

Continuous drip blood transfusion.

Introduction of the slow-drip method of blood transfusion.

1935

#1660

Fifty years in public health: a personal narrative with comments.

1935

#2057

Grundriss der Geschichte der deutschen Pharmazie.

1935

#1683.1

Epidemics and crowd diseases: An introduction to the history of epidemiology.

1935

#2259

The tannic acid–silver nitrate treatment of burns: a method of minimizing shock and toxemia and shortening convalescence.

Bettman introduced the tannic acid-silver nitrate method of treating burns.

1935

#1949

Ein Beitrag zur Chemotherapie der bakteriellen Infektionen.

Introduction of Prontosil, the first drug containing sulfanilamide. In 1939 Domagk was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil."

1935

#1950

Activité du p-aminophénylsulfamide sur les infections streptococciques expérimentales de la souris et du lapin.

The Tréfouëls and colleagues assumed that the sulfonamide group was responsible for the results obtained with Domagk’s Prontosil. Their work led them to introduce sulfanilamide.

1935

#2429.1

Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache. Einführung in die Lehre vom Denkstil und Denkkollektiv.

A very thorough history of the discovery of the Wasserman reaction, and its acceptance by the scientific community. English translation: Genesis and development of a scientific fact, Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1…

1935

#2524.4

The natural occurrence of pleuropneumonia-like organisms in apparent symbiosis with Streptobacillus moniliformis and other bacteria.

Klieneberger isolated typical strains of pleuropneumonia-like organisms from Strep, moniliformis.

1935

#2524.5

Isolation of a crystalline protein possessing the properties of tobacco-mosaic virus.

Stanley first crystallized a virus— tobacco mosaic virus. The following year Bawden, Pirie, Bernal and Fankuchen (No. 12005) showed that tobacco mosaic virus molecules are asnisometric and consist of ribonucleoprotein…

1935

#2416

Mapharsen in the treatment of syphilis. A preliminary report.

Clinical use of mapharsen. With R. L. McIntosh, L. M. Wieder, H. R. Foerster, and G. A. Cooper.

1935 –1936

#3036

The surgical treatment of hypertension.

Peet operation for hypertension. Preliminary communication in Univ. Hosp. Bull. (Ann Arbor), 1935, 1,17-18.

1935

#3095

The prothrombin in hemophilia and in obstructive jaundice.

Quick’s method for determination of prothrombin clotting time. See also Amer. J. med. Sci.,1935, 190,501-11.

1935

#3096

A standardized technique for the blood sedimentation test.

Wintrobe’s method for the determination of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

1935

#2236

A diffuse disease of the peripheral circulation (usually associated with lupus erythematosus and endocarditis).

See No. 2237. With P. Klemperer and A. Schifrin.

1935

#3238

Lobectomy in pulmonary tuberculosis. Report of a case.

The modern era in lung resection for tuberculosis begins with the work of Freedlander. He performed the first planned lobectomy for pulmonary tuberculosis.

1935

#3239

Thoracoplasty with extrafascial apicolysis.

“Semb’s operation”.

1935

#3148

Achresthic anaemia.

Achrestic anemia described.

1935

#2576.3

A protective action of neurotropic against viscerotropic yellow fever virus in Macacus rhesus.

One of the first examples of an animal virus interference phenomenon was demonstrated by Hoskins.

1935

#2699

Tomographie.

Grossmann's tomograph was able to image a single slice through the body. He was influential in establishing the word "tomographie" in its radiological context.

1935

#3759

Kwashiorkor. A nutritional disease of children associated with a maize diet.

First accurate description. “Kwashiorkor” was the local name in Ghana for a nutritional disease of children, associated with a maize diet. The first modern account was probably that of L. Normet in Bull. Soc. Path. ex…