1930–1939
895 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1931
#2137.7
Muscular exercise at low barometric pressures.
With C.G. Douglas, L.P. Kendal, & R. Margaria. The first recorded attack of bends pain experienced at low barometric pressures. The authors atttempted to find the maximum altitude at which work could be done effective…
1931
#2428
Histoire de la syphilis.
Forms tome I of Traité de la syphilis, ed. by E. Jeanselme and E. Shulmann.
1931
#2604
Treatment of hay fever by intranasal zinc ionization.
Introduction of the method.
1931
#2355
Historie de la tuberculose.
1931
#2524
A new series of graded collodion membranes suitable for general bacteriological use, especially in filterable virus studies.
In his important studies on the filtration of virus preparations, Elford showed that different viruses possessed different and characteristic sizes.
1931
#2524.1
The susceptibility of the chorio-allantoic membrane of chick embryos to infection with the fowl-pox virus.
By their demonstration of the infection of the chorio-allantoic membrane with the virus of fowl pox, Woodruff and Goodpasture initiated wide-spread adoption of this host for the study of viruses.
1931
#3091
Eine klinisch brauchbare Bestimmungsmethode der Blutumlaufszeit mittels Decholininjektion.
The decholin method for estimation of circulation time. With J. Deutsch and Z. Brull.
1931
#3092
Over een familiaire anomalie der leucocyten.
Pelger–Huët anomaly of the nuclei of the leucocytes; see also No. 3089. German translation in Klin. Wschr., 1932, 11,1264-66.
1931
#213
Sinanthropus – Peking Man, its discovery and significance.
Elliot Smith visited Peking to view the skull of Sinanthropus pekinensis, discovered by W. C. Pei on December 2, 1929. A preliminary description by Pei is to be found in Bull. geol. Soc. China, 1929, 8, 3.
1931
#3145.1
Intravenous use of extract of liver.
1931
#3146
Treatment of “pernicious anaemia of pregnancy” and “tropical anaemia”, with special reference to yeast extract as a curative agent.
First observations of hemopoietic effect of folic acid.
1931
#3203
Exstirpation eines ganzen Lungenflügels.
Removal of entire bronchiectatic lung; successful.
1931
#2696
Archiv und Atlas der normalen und pathologischen Anatomie in typischen Röntgenbildern. Das röntgenographische Bewegungsbild und seine Anwendung (Flachenkymographie und Kymoskopie).
Introduction of roentgen kymography.
1931
#3658
Über ein neues Röntgensymptom der Gallensteinkrankheit.
Star-shaped radiolucencies caused by gas in gallstones.
1931
#2919.1
The roentgenographic visualization of the arteries of the extremities in peripheral vascular disease.
1931
#2920
Les dérivés du thorium dans l’artériographie des membres.
Thorotrast first used in arteriography.
1931
#3923
The analysis of whole-blood. II. The determination of sugar and of saccharoids (non-fermentable copper-reducing substances).
Benedict’s test for blood-sugar.
1931
#4248
Die nicht diabetischen Glykosurien und Hyperglykämien des älteren Kindes.
“Fanconi’s syndrome”, dysfunction of the renal tubules with hypophosphatemia, renal glycosuria, and metabolic disturbances.
1931
#2990
Erfolgreiche operative Beseitigung eines Aneurysma der rechten Herzkammer.
First successful surgical intervention in cardiac aneurysm.
1931
#4274
Surgical pathology of prostatic obstructions.
1931
#5044.1
Der heutige Stand der Paratyphusforschung.
Kauffmann–White classification of Salmonella based on antigenic structure. For historical note, including the part played by P. B. White, see J. Hyg. (camb), 1934, 34, 335.
1931
#5072
On the existence of two forms of diphtheria bacillus B. diphtheria gravis and B. diphtheriae mitis.
J. S. Anderson, F. C. Happold, J. W. McLeod, and J. G. Thomson were the first to distinguish the gravis, mitis, and intermediate types of C. diphtheriae.
1931
#4898
Traitement des syndromes douloureux de la périphérie par 1’alcoolisation sub-arachnoïdienne des racines postérieures à leur émergence de la moelle épinière.
Subarachnoid injection of alcohol for the relief of pain.
1931
#5087.1
The phases of Haemophilus pertussis.
Leslie and Gardner classified H. pertussis cultures into four types and established an experimental basis for the development of an effective vaccine.
1931
#4399
The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggot (larva of the blow fly).
Larrey observed the therapeutic effect of maggots on wounds; W. S. Baer inaugurated the method of treating osteomyelitis by this means (“Baer therapy”).
1931
#4400
Tumors of bone.
1931
#4400.1
Arthroscopy or the direct visualization of joints: An experimental cadaver study.
The first description of arthroscopic appearance of joints other than the knee, and a classic on the fundamental principles of the procedure. Follow-up paper by Burman, H. Finkelstein, & L. Mayer: Arthroscopy of the k…
1931
#5142.1
The black death and men of learning.
1931
#4434
Intracapsular fractures of the neck of the femur. Treatment by internal fixation.
Smith-Petersen nail, a three-flanged nail which prevented rotation of the femoral head. With E.F. Cave and G. W. Van Gorder.
1931
#4959
Rauwolfia serpentina, a new Indian drug for insanity and high blood pressure.
Introduction of reserpine in the treatment of psychoses.
1931
#5493
Swine influenza. III. Filtration experiments and etiology.
Isolation in pigs of influenzavirus A or influenza A virus. Full text available from PubMedCentral at this link.
1931
#5763
Division palatine.
Includes Veau’s operation for cleft palate.
1931
#5763.01
Nasenplastik und sonitige Gesichitsplastik nebst einem Anhang über Mammaplastik.
A masterpiece of 20th century plastic surgery, and Joseph’s most comprehensive work. English translation by Stanley Milstein, following original text and illustrations page for page: Rhinoplasty and facial plastic sur…
1931
#5541
Enzootic hepatitis or Rift Valley fever. An undescribed virus disease of sheep, cattle and man from East Africa.
First description.
1931
#5784
Tumours of the breast. Their pathology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
1931
#5785
The cause of “painful breasts” and treatment by means of ovarian residue.
Cutler was the first to employ ovarian hormone systematically in the treatment of chronic mastitis.
1931
#5352
The bibliography of schistosomiasis (bilharziasis).
1931
#5980
Eine neue Ablatiooperation.
Guist’s operation for detachment of the retina (multiple trephining and chemical cauterization of the choroid).
1931
#5396.2
Typhus fever. A virus of the typhus type derived from fleas collected from wild rats.
Murine typhus shown to be caused by an organism later named Rickettsia mooseri, transmitted by fleas from rats to man. With A. Rumreich and L. F. Badger.
1931
#5396.3
Aetiologie der Tsutsugamushi-Kiankheit: Rickettsia tsutsugamushi.
Ogata isolated the causal agent of tsutsugamushi disease, Orientia Tsutsugamushi, in 1927.
1931
#5464
The use of mice in tests of immunity against yellow fever.
Intraperitoneal protection test.
1931
#5475
Experimental studies of dengue.
Proof that Aëdes albopictus is a vector of dengue. See also the earlier paper in the same journal, 1930, 41, 215-29. With J. H. St. John and F. H. K. Reynolds.
1931
#6224
A simple, rapid procedure for the laboratory diagnosis of early pregnancies.
Friedman test for the diagnosis of pregnancy.
1931
#6633
Medicina in nummis. A descriptive list of the coins, medals, jetons relating to medicine, surgery and the allied sciences.
This consists mainly of a catalogue of 6,000 medals collected by Horatio Storer, an eminent Boston gynecologist. The collection is now in the Boston Medical Library at Harvard Medical School, and the very thick book, …
1931
#5227.1
Entwurf einer Geschichte der ansteckenden Geschlechtskrankheiten.
1931
#6489
Report of the committee of enquiry into the indigenous system of medicine.
1931
#6522
An old Icelandic medical miscellany. MS. Royal Irish Academy 23 D 43, with supplement from MS. Trinity College (Dublin) L.2.27. Edited by Henning Larsen.
1931
#6356
The history of paediatrics. The progress of the study of diseases of children up to the end of the XVIIIth century.
This work covers the whole field of pediatrics to the end of the 18th century. It is a very readable, interesting and accurate history of the subject. Reprinted Folkstone, 1965. See No. 4503.
1931
#6372.1
Ueber Arachnodaktylie (Dystrophia mesodermalis congenita, Typus Marfan).
Weve of Utrecht first clearly demonstrated the heritable nature of the Marfan syndrome (see No. 4365.1).
1931
#6423