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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

1940–1949

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1947

#12814

Medical care and the plight of the Negro.

COBB, William Montague (1904 – 1990)

1947

#13043

Physicians' desk reference to pharmaceutical specialties and biologicals.

1947

#13043

Physicians' desk reference to pharmaceutical specialties and biologicals. Richard R. Maehler, Editor of Compilation and Arrangement.

MAEHLER, Richard R.

This work underwent its 71st edition in 2017.

1947

#13113

The effects of atomic bombs on health and medical services in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Medical Division.

UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY, MEDICAL DIVISION

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1947

#13496

La contribución del Ecuador a la material médica: La quina.

PAREDES BORJA, Virgilio (1858 – 1983)

1947

#13575

Clinical neuro-ophthalmology.

WALSH, Frank Burton (1895 – 1978)

Considered first textbook on neuro-ophthalmology.

1948

#566.2

The growth in vitro of single isolated tissue cells.

SANFORD, Katherine Koontz (1915 – 2005) & et al.

Sanford was the first to clone in vitro a single living cell of a mammal—in this instance, a rodent. She performed this feat in search of a means to research how cells transform into malignancy.

1948

#4482

Source book of orthopaedics.

BICK, Edgar Milton (1902 – 1978)

A concise, thematic history of orthopedic surgery from the earliest times. Includes a useful bibliography. Reprinted 1968.

1948

#4615.2

The clinical use of fluorescein in neurosurgery; localization of brain tumors.

MOORE, George Eugene (1920 – 2008)

Tumor localization by radio-isotopes. With W. T. Peyton, L. A. French, and W. W. Walker. Preliminary reports in Science, 1947, 106, 130-31; 1948, 107, 569-71.

1948

#1091

Crystalline vitamin B12.

RICKES, Edward Lawrence (1912 – ) & et al.

With N. G. Brink, F. R. Koniuszy, T. R. Wood, and K. Folkers.

1948

#1092

Presence of cobalt in the anti-pernicious anaemia factor.

SMITH, Ernest Lester (1904 – 1992)

Independently of Rickes et al., Lester Smith isolated vitamin B12 in Britain. See also Nature (Lond.), 1948, 161, 638.

1948

#2010.3

A linear electron accelerator.

GINZTON, Edward Leonard (1915 – 1998) HANSEN, William Webster (1909 – 1949) & et al.

With W. R. Kennedy.

1948

#139.1

The cell-theory: a restatement, history, and critique.

BAKER, John Randal (1900 – 1984)

1948

#1669

The dawn of Scottish social welfare. A survey from medieval times to 1863.

FERGUSON, Thomas (1900 – 1977)

1948

#1451.1

Die funktionelle Organisation des vegetativen Nervensystems.

HESS, Walter Rudolf (1881 – 1973)
HESS, Walter Rudolf (1881 – 1973)

In 1949 Hess shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Egas Moniz in 1949 “for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs.”

1948

#2091

The sensitizing effect of tetraethylthiuramdisulphide (Antabuse) to ethyl alcohol.

HALD, Jens

Introduction of “antabuse” in the treatment of alcoholism. With E. Jacobsen and V. Larsen. See also Lancet, 1948, 2, 1004.

1948

#2135.1

Occupational marks and other physical signs. A guide to personal identification.

RONCHESE, Francesco (1892 – 1976)

Calluses, other dermatological and physical signs of professions and occupations illustrated and described, with an annotated bibliography that includes some historical references.

1948

#2137

History of factory and mine hygiene.

TELEKY, Ludwig (1872 – 1957)

1948

#2138

Aviation medicine in its preventive aspects: an historical survey.

FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)

1948

#1929.2

The occurrence of nucleases in culture filtrates of group A hemolytic streptococci.

MCCARTY, Maclyn (1911 – 2005)
MCCARTY, Maclyn (1911 – 2005)

Streptodornase. See also W. S. Tillett et al., Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. (N. Y.), 1948, 68, 184-88.

1948

#1929.4

A study of the adrenotropic receptors.

AHLQUIST, Raymond Perry (1914 – 1983)

Described the concept of α and β adrenergic receptors in the sympathetic nervous system, and placed specific receptors into pharmacologic mechanisms.

1948

#1943

Ricerche su di un nuovo antibiotico.

BROTZU, Giuseppe (1895 – 1976)
BROTZU, Giuseppe (1895 – 1976)

Brotzu showed that a Cephalosporium acremonium filtrate inhibited the growth of Gram-positive and -negative organisms.

1948

#2442.1

Leprosy treated with sulphetrone in 1943.

HARKNESS, Arthur Herbert (1889 – 1970) BROWNLEE, G

Clinical use of solapsone (sulphetrone).

1948

#1716

Medical statistics from Graunt to Farr.

GREENWOOD, Major (1880 – 1949)
GREENWOOD, Major (1880 – 1949)

FitzPatrick Lectures, 1941 and 1943.

1948

#2660.1

Temporary remissions in acute leukemia in children produced by folic acid antagonist 4-amethopteroylglutamic acid (aminopterin).

FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973)
FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973)

With L. K. Diamond, R. D. Mercer, R. F. Sylvester, and V. A. Wolff.

1948

#2662.1

Index to the literature of experimental cancer research 1900-1935.

DONNER FOUNDATION

Divided into author and subject sections.

1948

#2526

A new mycobacterial infection in man.

MACCALLUM, Sir Peter (1885 – 1974) & et al.

Myco. ulcerans first described. With J. C. Tolhurst, G. Buckle, and H. A. Sissons.

1948

#3046

Pulmonary valvulotomy for the relief of congenital pulmonary stenosis. Report of three cases.

BROCK, Russell Claude (1903 – 1980)
BROCK, Russell Claude (1903 – 1980)

"Brock performed the first successful valvotomies for isolated pulmonary stenosis in 1948. He gained access to the blood-filled beating heart through a small incision in the right ventricle through which he passed a v…

1948

#3046.1

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis. 1. Valvuloplasty.

HARKEN, Dwight Emary (1910 – 1993) ZARSKY, Leona Norman (1923 – 2013) & et al.

Valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis. Harken reported the first successful intracardiac operation for treatment of this lesion--a procedure was first attempted in the 1920s. Charles Bailey in Philadelphia undertook a sim…

1948

#3046.2

Surgery of pulmonary stenosis. A case in which the pulmonary valve was successfully divided.

SELLORS, Sir Thomas Homes (1902 – 1987)

Operation Dec. 4, 1947.

1948

#3047

A venous shunt for marked mitral stenosis.

BLAND, Edward Franklin (1901 – 1992) SWEET, Richard Harwood (1901 – 1962)

First pulmonary-azygos shunt operation for relief of mitral stenosis. Two further patients were operated upon later the same year; all three are reported in J. Amer. med. Ass.,1949, 140, 1259. A similar procedure was …

1948

#3107.1

Replacement transfusion as a treatment for erythroblastosis fetalis.

DIAMOND, Louis Klein (1902 – 1999)

Exchange transfusion.

1948

#2237.1

Presentation of two bone marrow elements: The “Tart” cell and the “L. E”. cell.

HARGRAVES, Malcolm McCallum (1903 – ) & et al.

The Hargraves “L. E”. cell, a diagnostic aid in acute disseminated lupus erythematosus. With H. Richmond and R. J. Morton. First reported by Morton in A study of the bone marrow in cases of disseminated lupus erythema…

1948

#3107.2

The reduction of methaemoglobin in red blood cells and studies on the cause of idiopathic methaemoglobinaemia.

GIBSON, Quentin Howieson (1918 – 2011)

Cause of hereditary methemoglobinemia elucidated.

1948

#3108

Klinische Erfahrungen mit einem neuen Präparat der Cumarinreihe.

REINIS, Z KUBIK, Mirko

Introduction of ethyl biscoumacetate (“tromexan”).

1948

#3154

Activity of vitaminB12 in Addisonian pernicious anemia.

WEST, Randolph (1890 – )

First demonstration of the effectiveness of vitamin B12 in pernicious anemia.

1948

#3160

A history of the heart and circulation.

WILLIUS, Frederick Arthur (1888 – 1972) DRY, Thomas Jan (1903 – )

1948

#2578.6

In vitro method for testing the toxin-producing capacity of diphtheria bacteria.

OUCHTERLONY, Örjan Thomas Gunnersson (1914 – 2004)

Agar gel immunodiffusion.

1948

#2879

Thoracic aortography. Preliminary report.

BRODÉN, Bror Leonhardt Johan (1910 – ) & et al.

With H. E. Hanson and J. Karnell.

1948

#2880

Penicillin in subacute bacterial endocarditis. Report to the Medical Research Council on 269 patients treated in 14 centres appointed by the Penicillin Clinical Trials Committee.

CHRISTIE, Ronald Victor (1902 – 1986)

1948

#3611.2

Inguinal and femoral hernioplasty: anatomic repair.

MCVAY, Chester B. (1911 – 1987)

The McVay or Cooper ligament repair.

1948

#3908

Studies in growth. I. Interrelationship between pituitary growth factor and growth-promoting androgens in acromegaly and gigantism. II. Quantitative evaluation of bone and soft tissue growth in acromegaly and gigantism.

KINSELL, Laurence Wilkie (1907 – 1968) & et al.

L. W. Kinsell, G. D. Michaels, C. H. Li, and W. E. Larsen showed that there is an increase in growth hormone in plasma in acromegaly.

1948

#2993

Cellophane treatment of syphilitic aneurysms with report of results in six cases.

POPPE, John Karl (1911 – 2012)

1948

#3977

Experimental diabetes produced by the administration of glucose.

DOHAN, Francis Curtis (1907 – 1991) LUKENS, Francis Dring Wetherill (1899 – 1978)

Experimental diabetes produced by artificially-induced hyperglycemia.

1948

#3020

Report of the Committee for the Evaluation of Anticoagulants in the Treatment of Coronary Thrombosis with Myocardial Infarction.

WRIGHT, Irving Sherwood (1901 – 1997) & et al.

With C. D. Marple and D. F. Beck.

1948

#3702

A history of dentistry. 2nd edition.

LUFKIN, Arthur Ward (1889 – 1959)

1948

#3703

An introduction to the history of dentistry. 2 vols.

WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)

The first volume covers the history to 1800; the second deals solely with the history of dentistry in America.

1948

#4154.1

Melanomas of childhood.

SPITZ, Sophie (1910 – 1956)
SPITZ, Sophie (1910 – 1956)

Spitz first defined the histologic criteria for the diagnosis of juvenile melanoma.

1948

#1929.3

Curare-like action of polymethylene bis-quaternary ammonium salts.

PATON, Sir William Drummond Macdonald (1917 – 1993)
PATON, Sir William Drummond Macdonald (1917 – 1993) ZAIMIS, Eleanor (1915 – 1982)

Methonium compounds. See also the same journal, 1948, 162, 810.

1948

#4991.1

Cybernetics: or control and communication in the animal and the machine.

WIENER, Norbert (1894 – 1964)
WIENER, Norbert (1894 – 1964)

Foundation of "the science of control and communication theory, named ‘cybernetics’ by Wiener, from the Greek word ‘kubernetes’ or steersman. Automation, information feedback, regulators in engineering and biology, an…