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1930–1939

895 entries with publication dates in this decade.

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1933

#1923

The pharmacological action of an alkaloid obtained from Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. A preliminary note.

R. N. Chopra, J. C. Gupta, and B. Mukherjee demonstrated the sedative and hypotensive effect of an alkaloid isolated from Rauwolfia serpentina (reserpine).

1933

#1924

The mode of action of drugs on cells.

1933

#1924.1

The fibrinolytic activity of hemolytic streptococci.

Tillett and Garner discovered a substance elaborated by a strain of haemolytic streptococcus which promoted lysis of fibrin and is now known as streptokinase.

1933

#1924.2

Cellule enterocromaffini e cellule basigranulose acidofile nei vertebrati. (Ricerche istochimiche.)

Vialli and Erspamer reported “enteramine”, which Erspamer and B. Asero (Nature, Lond., 1952, 169, 800-01) found to be identical with 5-hydroxytryptamine, isolated and named serotonin by M. M. Rapport et al. in 1948 (J…

1933

#2258

The role of infection in burns; the theory and treatment with special reference to gentian violet.

Introduction of gentian violet in the treatment of burns.

1933

#2524.2

A serological differentiation of human and other groups of hemolytic streptococci.

Lancefield determined the principal pathogenic strains of hemolytic streptococci and subdivided them into types. All important strains pathogenic to humans fall into Lancefield’s Group A.

1933

#2662

An exhibit of important books, papers, and memorabilia illustrating the evolution of the knowledge of cancer.

1933

#4838

Die Behandlung der postoperativen Tetanie.

Introduction of A.T. 10 (“Antitetanisches Praparat Nr. 10”), dihydrotachysterol, in the treatment of tetany.

1933

#203.6

The essential craniological technique.

Digital facsimile from JSTOR at this link.

1933

#1535

Vitamin A in the retina.

Through his research on xerophthalmia, karatomalacia and night blindness Wald revealed the critical function of vitamin A in normal vision and visual pathology. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and their inter…

1933

#2429

The history and epidemiology of syphilis.

1933

#3236

Ob das Pneumoperitoneum in der Kollapstherapie der beiderseitigen Lungentuberkulose angewandt werden kann?

Introduction of artificial pneumoperitoneum for the treatment of bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis.

1933

#2576.2

Die Spezifizität der serologischen Reaktionen.

Summary of many years of research on antigen-antibody interactions. Landsteiner considered his study of hapten-antibody reactions to be his most significant work. Revised English translation, 1936 (revised 1945).

1933

#2698

Röntgenschnitte.

Tomography first described.

1933

#3205

Successful removal of entire lung for carcinoma of the bronchus.

First reported case: April 5, 1933.

1933

#3206

Zur Pathogenese der Bronchiektasien. I. Mitteilung: Bronchiektasien bei Situs viscerum inversus.

Bronchiectasis and sinus maldevelopment associated with transposition of viscera – “Kartageners syndrome”.

1933

#3207

Pneumonectomy for sarcoma of the lung in a tuberculous patient.

Total pneumonectomy.

1933

#3208

Tetany caused by functional dyspnea with hyperventilation: report of a case.

Hyperventilation syndrome.

1933

#2702

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the early history of the Roentgen rays.

The standard biography of Röntgen with a detailed history of the discovery of X-rays and the early period of roentgenology. Includes a bibliography of 1044 items on the subject published during the first year after Rö…

1933

#2899

Congestive heart failure and angina pectoris: The therapeutic effect of thyroidectomy on patients without clinical or pathologic evidence of thyroid toxicity.

Thyroidectomy for congestive heart failure and angina pectoris. With D. D. Berlin.

1933

#2718

The circulation time in various clinical conditions determined by the use of sodium dehydrocholate.

Use of decholin sodium for estimation of circulation time. With B. S. Oppenheimer and R. V. Sagar.

1933

#3725

Scurvy treated with ascorbic acid.

First case of infantile scurvy cured by the administration of ascorbic acid.

1933

#3659

The synthesis of hippuric acid: a new test of liver function.

Quick’s liver-function test.

1933

#2921

The carotid sinus in health and disease: its rôle in the causation of fainting and convulsions.

The carotid sinus syndrome.

1933

#3875

The adrenal cortex; a surgical and pathological study.

Includes the demonstration, by Vines, of virilism with the aid of a new stain; cortical cells of the adrenals removed at operation stained an abnormal (red) color – the so-called Ponceau fuchsin stain.

1933

#4007

Die Röntgen-Nahbestrahlung maligner Tumoren.

Chaoul therapy.

1933

#4249

Über das Wesen der spezifischen Veränderungen der Niere und der Leber durch das Nephrotoxin bzw. das Hepatotoxin.

Experimental production of acute glomerulonephritis. For Masugi’s later work, see the same journal, 1933-34, 92, 429, and Klin. Wschr., 1935, 14, 373.

1933

#4008

Inherited abnormalities of the skin and its appendages.

1933

#4297

History of urology. Prepared under the auspices of the American Urological Association. Editorial Committee: Edgar G. Ballenger, William A. FRontz, Homer G. Hamer, and Bransford Lewis. 2 vols

Every aspect of the subject is covered exhaustively by the various contributors to this collective work; valuable bibliographies are included.

1933

#4156

The history of dermatology.

Reprinted, New York, 1976.

1933

#4902

Techniques des diverses sympathectomies lombaires.

Lumbar sympathectomy by the antero-lateral extraperitoneal approach.

1933

#4400.3

Operative arrestment of longitudinal growth of bones in the treatment of deformities.

Epiphysiodesis to inhibit bone growth of a longer leg.

1933

#4201

Excretion urography by means of the intravenous and oral administration of sodium ortho-iodohippurate: with some physiological considerations.

Introduction of Hippuran.

1933

#5151

Sur la valeur et la durée de l’immunité conférée par l’anatoxine tétanique dans la vaccination de l’homme contre le tétanos.

Tetanus toxoid first employed in the immunization of humans.

1933

#5715

The anesthetic action of divinyl oxide on humans.

Clinical application of divinyl ether.

1933

#5494

A virus obtained from influenza patients.

Smith, Andrewes, and Laidlaw first isolated the influenza A virus in humans. They successfully infected ferrets with filtered throat-washings from influenzal patients by intranasal instillation.

1933 –1934

#5495

Influenza. 2 vols.

Annals of the Pickett Thomson Research Lab., Monograph 16. "In two massive volumes Thomson and Thomson reviewed the literature on influenza up to 1934" (Spink).

1933

#5335

Het voorkomen van een afwijkend Leptospira-ras in Nederland.

Leptospira canicola first isolated (1913) from the urine of a dog.

1933

#5335.1

Ueber die Prophylaxe der Spirochaetosis icterohaemorrhagica Inada (Weilschen Krankheit) durch Schutzimpfung.

Prophylactic vaccination against leptospirosis.

1933

#5768

The operative story of cleft palate.

1933

#5788

Plasma cell mastitis–a lesion simulating mammary carcinoma.

First description of plasma-cell mastitis.

1933

#5815.1

(Al-morchid fi'l-kohhl) ou, Le guide d'oculistique: Ouvrage inédit de l'oculiste arabe-espagnol, Mohammad ibn Qassoum ibn Aslam al-Ghafiqi (XIIe siècle); traduction des parties ophtalmologiques d’après le manuscrit conservé à la bibliothèque de l’Escurial par Max Meyerhof.

1933

#5985

Ueber Haftgläser und Kontaktschalen.

Contact lenses introduced. See also No. 5976.

1933

#6004

Studies in the history of ophthalmology in England prior to the year 1800.

1933

#5466

A yellow fever protection test in mice by intracerebral injection.

Intracerebral protection test.

1933 –1939

#6131

Considérations sur la radiothérapie des cancers cervico-uterins, d’après l’experience et les résultats acquis à l’Institut du Radium de Paris.

The Paris method of radium treatment of cancer of the uterus was devised by Regaud.

1933

#6132

Early diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix.

Schiller’s test for carcinoma of the cervix.

1933

#6225

Natural childbirth.

In this work Dick-Read coined the term "natural childbirth." He advocated natural childbirth for many years; he demonstrated that prenatal education in methods of relaxation in many cases makes labor almost painless.

1933

#6621

Bouquet poëtique des médecins, chirurgiens, dentistes et apothicaires.

1933

#6622

Doctors in Elizabethan drama.