1950–1959
579 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1957
#13471
Chronic thyroiditis and autoimmunization.
"Witebsky helped develop procedures for the isolation and partial characterization of A and B blood antigens. He also began the practice of neutralization of certain antibodies in the blood of universal blood donors. …
1957
#13594
Intravenous infusion of bone marrow in patients receiving radiation and chemotherapy.
Thomas and colleagues reported the first bone marrow transplants. They described the treatment of six patients with cancers and/leukemia and one patient with multiple myeloma. Three of the patients died, two responded…
1957
#14250
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-Hydroxytryptophan as reserpine rntagonists.
Carlsson demonstrated that dopamine was a neurotransmitter in the brain and not just a precursor for norepinephrine. Digital facsimile from nature.com at this link. In 2000 Arvid Carlsson shared the Nobel Prize in Phy…
1958
#4661.2
St. Louis encephalitis in 1933; observations on epidemiological features.
In a report to the Surgeon General in 1933, Lumsden concluded that the Culex mosquito was the vector of the St. Louis encephalitis virus. His report was not published until 1958.
1958
#2188.1
Doctors in gray: the Confederate Medical Service.
1958
#1586
The history and philosophy of knowledge of the brain and its functions: an Anglo-American symposium.
1958
#752.6
Studies on polynucleotides. I. A new and general method for the chemical synthesis of the C5'-C3' intemucleotide linkage. Synthesis of deoxyribo-dinucleotides.
In 1968 Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with R. W. Holley and M. W. Nirenberg "for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis." H. G. Khorana, T. M. Jacob, …
1958
#1671.3
A history of public health.
1958
#145
The history of biology.
1958
#1931.6
Enzymatic O-methylation of epinephrine and other catechols.
The authors discovered the enzyme "COMT" or cathecol-O-methyltransferase, and determined that it was crucial in the methylation and inactivation of adrenergic and other catecholamine type neurotransmitters. (Thanks to…
1958
#2660.11
Neuartige Krebs-Chemotherapeutica aus der Gruppe der zyklischen N-Lost-Phosphamidester.
Cyclophosphamide. With F. Bourseaux and N. Brock.
1958 –1959
#2660.12
A sarcoma involving the jaws in African children.
Burkitt’s lymphoma (African lymphoma), first described in detail by Sir Albert Cook, a medical missionary, but not published by him.
1958
#2682
Investigation of abdominal masses by pulsed ultrasound.
Donald, J. MacVicar and T. G. Brown used an ultrasound scanner to investigate the pregnant abdomen (see also No. 6235.1).
1958
#3047.11
The treatment of complete heart block by the combined use of a myocardial electrode and artificial pacemaker.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Weirich, Gott, Lillehei. Attachment of a wire to the ventricular epicardium, and bringing it out percutaneously to an external pacemaker. This was a key development lea…
1958
#3047.12
Clinical use of an elastic Dacron prosthesis.
Arterial prosthesis. With L. C. France, R. F. Smith, and J. G. Whitcomb.
1958
#3558.3
Demonstration of the new gastroscope, the “fiberscope”.
The Hirschowitz fiber optic endoscope, the "Fiberscope." In February 1957 Hirschowitz passed the first prototype instrument down his own throat and, a few days later, down that of a patient. Hirschowitz gave the first…
1958
#2578.24
The homograft reaction.
Medawar showed grafting to be unsuccessful when donor and recipient animals came from the same litter, unless the two are genetically identical – another instance of the delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
1958
#2578.25
Separation and isolation of fractions of rabbit gamma-globulin containing the antibody and antigenic combining sites.
In 1972 Porter shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with G.M. Edelman (No. 2578.39) "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies."
1958
#2578.26
Iso-leuco-anticorps.
Discovery of the first histocompatibility antigen. In 1980 Dausset shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with B. Benacerraf and G. D. Snell "for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structure…
1958
#2578.27
Leucocyte antibodies in sera from pregnant women.
Leucocyte typing and matching of histocompatibility determinants. See also Payne (No. 2578.23). With J. G. Eernisse and A. van Leeuwen
1958
#2578.30
Histocompatibility genes of the mouse.
Snell made fundamental contributions to transplantation genetics. At his suggestion genes governing transplantation were called histocompatibility genes and Gorer’s Antigen II became Histocompatibility-2 (H-2). In 198…
1958
#2581.1
A guide to the history of bacteriology.
A selective annotated bibliography.
1958
#16.3
The fragments of Praxagoras of Cos and his school. Collected, edited, and translated by Fritz Steckerl.
1958
#4011.1
Experimental ringworm in guinea pigs: oral treatment with griseofulvin.
Use of griseofulvin in the treatment of ringworm.
1958
#3412.7
Fenestration of the oval window.
Stapedectomy.
1958
#4154.6
A unique case of trichorrhexis nodosa – “bamboo hairs”.
“Netherton’s syndrome”.
1958
#5289.1
Factors that may influence the infection rate of Glossina palpalis with Trypanomosoma gambiense. 1. The age of the fly at the time of the infected feed.
Wijers showed that the tsetse fly is infected during its first or second blood meal, but not afterwards, information of considerable importance in determining the criteria for the transmission of trypanosomiasis.
1958
#5546.6
A bibliography of internal medicine. Communicable diseases.
An extensive bibliography, and substantial excerpts from practically every important reference made to each of 30 communicable diseases, from 1800 onwards.
1958
#5813.1
Milestones in modern surgery.
Each chapter contains prefatory comments, a short biography of each main builder of the particular milestone (with portrait), and his surgical contribution reprinted or translated in full.
1958
#5449.3
Propagation of measles virus in cultures of chick embryo cells.
With M. V. Milovanovič.
1958
#6311.2
Obstetric and gynecologic milestones: essays in eponymy.
79 essays with historical accounts, excerpts from sources, etc.
1958
#6610.2
Rembrandt’s Anatomy of Dr. Nicholas Tulp. An iconological study.
An important supplement to and revision of this work is W. Schupbach, The paradox of Rembrandt’s ‘Anatomy of Dr. Tulp’. Med. Hist. Suppl. 2, 1982.
1958
#256.6
The replication of DNA in Escherichia coli.
The so-called Meselson-Stahl experiment, the first proof of semi-conservative replication of DNA. Semi-conservative replication describes the mechanism of DNA replication in all known cells. It derives its name from t…
1958
#6894
Sur l’expression et le rôle des allèles “inductible” et “constitutif” dans la synthèse de la β-galactosidase chez des zygotes d’ “Escherichia coli.
The “PaJaMo” experiment of PArdee, JAcob, and MOnod “broke the impasse in Crick and Brenner’s comprehension of how information in the sequence of bases in DNA came to be expressed as a sequence of the amino acids in p…
1958
#6895
On protein synthesis.
This paper proposed two general principles: 1) The Sequence Hypothesis: “The order of bases in a portion of DNA represents a code for the amino acid sequence of a specific protein. Each ‘word’ in the code would name a…
1958
#6911
A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by x-ray analysis.
Initial paper on the first solution of the three-dimensional molecular structure of a protein. Computing the molecular structure in 3 dimensions was possible through the use of the Cambridge EDSAC stored-program elect…
1958
#7401
L’Hérédité en ophtalmologie.
English translation St. Louis: C.V. Mosby, 1961.
1958
#7538
Young man Luther: A study in psychoanalysis and history.
1958
#7778
John Wesley among the physicians: A study of eighteenth-century medicine.
1958
#8478
Mutilaciones dentarias: Prehispanicas de Mexico y America en general.
1958
#8500
A history of medicine in South Africa up to the end of the nineteenth century.
1958
#8603
Medicine-men of the North Pacific Coast. Bulletin (National Museum of Canada), no. 152.; Bulletin (National Museum of Canada)., Anthropological series, no. 42.
1958
#8657
Young endeavour: Contributions to science by medical students of the past four centuries.
1958 –1961
#8744
Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Hunt. 2 vols. in 3.
Ostensibly the catalogue of Rachel McMasters Hunt's private collection, which she donated to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, this is much more than a finely printed, luxur…
1958
#8941
Bibliographia Brasiliana: A bibliographical essay on rare books bout Brazil from 1504 to 1900 and works of Brazilian authors published abroad before the independence of Brazil in 1822. 2 vols.
Includes early books on medicine and natural history of Brazil.
1958
#8993
Darwin's century: Evolution and the men who discovered it.
An elegantly written and profound book that was a powerful influence to my own intellectual development when I read it in 1958; it also a great inspiration for me to study the history of evolution and biology. "Eisele…
1958
#9022
The first ten years of the World Health Organization.
Digital facsimile from who.int at this link.
1958
#9110
Late ancient and medieval population.
Digital facsimile from JSTOR at this link.
1958
#9232
Bibliography of international congresses of medical sciences. Prepared by W. J. Bishop under the auspices of the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences with the financial assistance of Unesco.
1958
#9297