1930–1939
895 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1937 –1939
#7259
The stone age of Mount Carmel. Volume I: Excavations at the Wady el-Mughara. Volume II: The fossil remains from the Lavalloiso-Mousterian.
Garrod carried out her landmark excavations of the el-Wad, el-Tabun and es-Skhul caves on the hills of Mount Carmel, close to Wadi el-Mugharah (Valley of the Caves) between 1929 and 1934. Her monograph on the subject …
1937
#7980
Behavior of children receiving benzedrine.
Bradley showed that racemic amphetamine, that is, the 50:50 mixture of d- and l-amphetamine isomers (Benzedrine®), was shown to reduce the impulsivity, distractibility, and inattention characteristic of Attention Defi…
1937
#8594
Dr. Bodo Otto and the medical background of the American revolution by James E. Gibson.
Oddo, born in Germany, is one of the better-known American surgeons in the American revolutionary war; however he published nothing and is primarily known from this biography.
1937
#8751
The history of the acute exanthemata.
Smallpox, chicken pox, scarlet fever, measles and German measles. Rolleston was the brother of Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston.
1937
#9242
Useful plants and drugs of Iran and Iraq. By David Hooper with notes by Henry Field.
Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1937 –1946
#9358
Fragments of entomological history including some personal recollections of men and events. 2 vols.
1937
#9441
The cataract operations of 'Ammar Ibn Alī Al-Mausilī by Max Meyerhof.
Mausilī invented a hollow metallic syringe, which he applied through the sclerotic, and successfully extracted cataracts through suction.
1937
#9832
Socialized medicine in the Soviet Union.
"... Sigerist was influential in the creation of socialized medicine in Canada. He made four trips to Canada in the 1930s and 1940s at the invitation of various medical groups to speak on this topic. Under his influen…
1937
#10198
The Citadel.
This novel was "groundbreaking with its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later.[1] "For hi…
1937 –1960
#10200
Topographische Anatomie des Menschen. Lehrbuch und Atlas der regionär-stratigraphischen Präparation. 4 vols. in 7. Vol. 1 in 2 pts: Brust un Brustgliedmasse, 1937; Vol. 2 in 2 pts: Bauch, Becken und Beckengliedmasse, 1941; Vol. 3: Der Hals, 1952; Vol. 4 in 2 pts: Topographische und stratigraphischen Anatomie des Kopfes, 1957, 1960.
Pernkopf's anatomy is remarkable for the intricacy of its detailed images and its "regional stratigraphic" approach, i.e. "multiple layers of dissection with an emphasis on fascia shown and reflected, approaching the …
1937
#10672
Religion and medicine of the Ga people.
1937
#11215
A bibliography of the works of Ambroise Paré: Premier chirugien & conseiller du Roy
1937
#11441
Toxicity of industrial organic solvents.
1937
#11466
The origin and growth of renal calculi.
Randall founded the theory of kidney stone formation on anchored papillary plaque. https://kidneystones.uchicago.edu/randalls-plaque/ Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
1937
#11568
La angio-cardiografía radio-opaca.
Intravenous angiocardiography. This was the first publication that dealt with the normal cardiac structure and the changes seen in ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis.
1937 –1969
#11629
Tobacco: Its history illustrated by the books, manuscripts and engravings in the library of George Arents, Jr. 5 vols. + 10 Supplements.
1937
#11797
A sex starved world.
A eugenic utopian fantasy, in which we accompany a doctor in his dream journey to the liberated land of Amor. Pritcher presents an impassioned argument for free universal health care, contraception, no-fault divorce, …
1937
#12008
Cultivation of the virus of infectious bronchitis.
The authors were the first to isolate a pathogenic coronavirus in chickens. This was the first pathogenic coronavirus described. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
1937
#12185
A combination resuscitator and incubator for new-born infants.
In 1931 Robert Bauer invented the first incubator to combine heat, oxygen, and humidity. Abstract: "The apparatus herein described was built in July 1931 to meet in a practical way the well established needs of the pr…
1937
#12352
Die Geschichte der angeborenen Herzkrankheiten.
A history of congenital heart disease covering cyanosis, foetal endocarditis and various malformations. Bedford 850.
1937
#12675
The medico-philosophical controversy between Ibn Butlan of Baghdad and Ibn Ridwan of Cairo: A contribution to the history of Greek learning among the Arabs. (The Egyptian University, the Faculty of Arts: Publication 13.)
1937
#12831
A new apparatus for electrophoretic analysis of colloidal mixtures.
Between 1931 and 1937, with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Tiselius developed his "Tiselius apparatus" for moving boundary electrophoresis. In this paper he demonstrated that electrophoresis separa…
1937
#12832
Electrophoresis of serum globulin. II- Electrophoretic analysis of normal and immune sera.
Tiselius showed that an antibody that he produced in a rabbit by immunizing it with albumin (ovalbumin) was clearly located in the gamma globulin fraction. He summarized the paper with this statement: "Investigation o…
1937
#13501
Médecine traditionnelle de l'Inde: La magie noire.
1937
#13880
Journal of a seaplane cruise around the world August 20, 1934 to January 24, 1935.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1938
#4478.110
On the injuries to the ligaments of the knee joint: A clinical study.
Classic study of knee ligament injuries.
1938
#4612
Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.
Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, Hafner,…
1938
#1077
The isolation and identification of the anti-black tongue factor.
Isolation of nicotinic acid, the pellagra-preventing factor (Vitamin B3). With R. J. Madden, F. N. Strong, and D. W. Woolley.
1938
#4659.1
Human encephalitis caused by the virus of the Eastern variety of equine encephalomyelitis.
Isolation of the virus of Eastern equine encephalitis from man. With J. H. Dingle, S. Farber, and M. L. Connerley.
1938
#4660
Recovery of the virus of equine encephalomyelitis from the brain of a child.
Western equine encephalitis virus recovered from man.
1938
#1078
Vitamins and vitamin deficiencies. Vol. 1.
1938
#1079
α-Tocopherol.
P. Karrer, H. Fritzsche, B. H. Ringier, and H. Salomon synthesized vitamin E (α-tocopherol).
1938
#4770
The response of the myasthenic state to guanidine hydrochloride.
Guanidine first used in treatment of myasthenia gravis. With K. Dodd and S. S. Riven.
1938
#94
The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Arranged, rendered into English and introduced by Edward MacCurdy. 2 vols.
2nd edition, 1956 (reprinted London, Cape, 1977).
1938
#4824.1
Sodium diphenyl hydantoinate in the treatment of convulsive disorders.
Introduction of diphenylhydantoin.
1938
#2027
An inexhaustible source of blood for transfusion, and its preservation. Preliminary report.
J. R. Goodall, F. O. Anderson, G. T. Altimas, and F. L. MacPhail pointed out the possibility of using placental blood for transfusion purposes.
1938
#1248
Physiology of the nervous system.
Includes excellent bibliography.
1938
#2059
Herbals: their origin and evolution. A chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. 2nd edition.
Includes an invaluable bibliography. Reprinted, with new introduction and additional references, 1987.
1938
#1451
The primate thalamus.
1938
#2137.9
Oxygen in aviation. The necessity for the use of oxygen and a practical apparatus for its administration to both pilots and passengers.
First acute case of decompression sickness recognized.
1938
#1926
The action of substances allied to 4:4'-diaminodiphenylsulphone in streptococcal and other infections in mice.
G. A. H. Buttle, T. Dewing, G. E. Foster, W. H. Gray, S. Smith, and D. Stephenson discovered the potency of dapsone (DDS).
1938
#1951
Chemotherapy of pneumococcal and other infections with 2-(p-aminobenzenesulphonamido) pyridine.
Experimental proof of the efficacy of sulfapyridine (M & B 693) in pneumococcal pneumonia.
1938
#1952
Treatment of pneumonia with 2-(p-aminobenzenesulphonamido) pyridine.
Clinical proof of the value of sulphapyridine. M & B 693 (sulphapyridine) treatment of pneumonia. This followed the experimental work of L. E. H. Whitby (see No. 1951).
1938
#1532
The responses of single optic nerve fibers of the vertebrate eye to illumination of the retina.
Hartline continued and extended the work initiated by Adrian and Matthews on electrical discharges from the optic nerve. See also his later papers In the same journal, 1940, 130, 690-711. Reprinted with historical int…
1938
#2446
Through the leper-squint. A study of leprosy from pre-Christian times to the present day.
1938
#2682.51
The history of the forceps: An investigation on the occurrence, evolution, and use of the forceps from prehistoric times to the present (with a summary in Danish). Translated by William Ernest Calvert.
Not limited to the obstetric forceps.
1938
#1981
Oxygen for therapy and aviation: an apparatus for the administration of oxygen or oxygen and helium by inhalation.
1938
#1982
Design and construction of the masks for the oxygen inhalation apparatus.
The B. L. B. (Boothby-Lovelace-Bulbulian) mask. See also No. 1981.
1938
#3097
The use of vitamin K and bile in treatment of the haemorrhagic diathesis in cases of jaundice.
Vitamin K used in the treatment of hemorrhagic disease.
1938
#3148.2
Recherches sur l’anémie érythroblastique infantile des peuples de la Méditerranée orientale. Étude anthropologique, étiologique et pathogénique. La transmission héréditaire de la maladie.
First evidence that thalassemia is genetically determined. Earlier report in Kliniki, Athens, 1936, 12, No. 5.