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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

1950–1959

579 entries with publication dates in this decade.

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1958

#9740

Herbals of five centuries. A contribution to medical history and bibliography.

NISSEN, Claus (1901 – 1975)

1958

#10257

Les médecins de l'Égypte pharaonique, essai de prosopographie.

JONCKHEERE, Frans (1903 – 1956)

1958

#10683

The Banks letters: A calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum, the British Museum (Natural History) and other collections in Great Britain.

DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968)
BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820)
BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820)

1958

#10853

Medicine-men on the North Pacific Coast.

BARBEAU, Charles Marius (1883 – 1969)

1958

#11458

Fecal enema as an adjunct in the treatment of pseudomembranous enterocolitis.

EISEMAN, Ben (1917 – 2012) BASCOM, George S. (1927 – 1993) SILEN, W. & et al.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Eiseman, Silen, Bascom.... Report of the first "fecal transplant / fecal therapy," also known as "faecal microbiota transplanation," for recurrent / resistant C. diffic…

1958

#11543

Cardiovascular sound in health and disease. Being a comprehensive treatise, introduced by a historical survey, illustrated mainly by sound spectrograms (spectral phonocardiograms) and supplemented by an extensive bibliography. With a section on respiratory sound.

MCKUSICK, Victor Almon (1921 – 2008)
MCKUSICK, Victor Almon (1921 – 2008)

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1958

#12151

History of the San Francisco Medical Society. Vol. I, 1850 to 1900.

READ, Jay Marion (1889 – 1963) MATHES, Mary E.

1958

#12215

Les champignons hallucinogenes du Mexique. Études ethnologiques, taxinomiques, biologiques, physiologiques et chimiques.

WASSON, Robert Gordon (1898 – 1986)
HEIM, Roger (1900 – 1979)
HEIM, Roger (1900 – 1979)

1958

#12561

Cold injury, ground type.

DEBAKEY, Michael Ellis (1908 – 2008)
DEBAKEY, Michael Ellis (1908 – 2008) WHAYNE, Tom French (1905 – )

Summary of what was learned about frostbite and trenchfoot encountered by military personel in World War II. Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1958

#12971

Influence of light on the hyperbilirubinaemia of infants.

CREMER, Richard J. PERRYMAN, P. W. RICHARDS, D. H.

In 1956 Sister Jean Ward of the Premature Unit of the Rochford General Hospital in Essex, England noted the benefit of phototherapy when she took infants outside because she assumed that fresh air had healing benefits…

1958

#13218

Das Buch der Gifte des Gābir Ibn Hayyān Arabischer Text in Faksimile (Hs. Taymūr [sic] Tibb 393, Kairo), übersetzt und Erläuter von Alfred Siggel. (Akademie der Wissenschaften under der Literature [Mainz], Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, Band XIII).

IBN HAYYAN, Jabir ( – 816) SIGGEL, Alfred (1884 – 1959)

Edition and translation of Jabir's The Book on Poisons and on the Repelling of their Harmful Effects (Kitāb al-Sumūm wa-dafʿ maḍārrihā, Kr. no. 2145).

1958

#13499

Bibliografia medical Brasileira. Periodo Colonial 1808-1821.

GUERRA PÉREZ-CARRAL, Francisco (1916 – 2011)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1958

#13560

The suppressor-mutator system of control of gene action in maize.

MCCLINTOCK, Barbara (1902 – 1992)
MCCLINTOCK, Barbara (1902 – 1992)

In this paper McClintock described a novel mobile genetic element that she called Suppressor-Mutator (Spm), and its complex regulation. She discovered that Spm could switch back and forth between an “inactive” form an…

1958

#14170

Homosexuality, transvestism and change of sex.

SAVITSCH, Eugene de (1902 – 1959)

Probably the first publication to illustrate the stages of surgical transition from male to female, and to discuss the risks then involved in the operations. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1958

#14190

History of dental laboratories and their contributions to dentistry.

ROTHSTEIN, Robert J.

1959

#372.1

Andreas Vesalius's first public anatomy at Bologna, 1540. An eyewitness report by Baldasar Heseler, together with his notes on Matthaeus Curtius's lectures on Anatomia Mundini. Edited, with an introduction, translation into English and notes by Ruben Eriksson.

VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564) HESELER, Baldasar (1507 – 1567) ERIKSSON, Ruben (1895 – 1962)

A unique manuscript discovery helping us to bridge the gap in the development of Vesalius’s ideas between the Tabulae anatomicae sex (1538) and the Fabrica (1543). Vesalius typically preceded his anatomical demonstrat…

1959

#1586.1

The historical development of physiological thought.

BROOKS, Chandler McCuskey (1905 – 1989) CRANEFIELD, Paul Frederick (1925 – 2003)

1959

#532.3

Fertilization of rabbit ova in vitro.

CHANG, Min Chueh (1908 – 1991)
CHANG, Min Chueh (1908 – 1991)

The birth of normal rabbits from in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer was the first proof that births resulting from this procedure are normal.

1959

#1246.2

Micropuncture study of the mammalian urinary concentrating mechanism: Evidence for the countercurrent hypothesis.

GOTTSCHALK, Carl William (1922 – 1997) MYLLE, Margaret

Proof that tubular fluid is first concentrated in the loop of Henle, then diluted in the ascending limb of the loop before its final concentration in the collecting ducts, as predicted by the countercurrent hypothesis.

1959

#144

A history of biology to about the year 1900. A general introduction to the study of living things. 3rd ed.

SINGER, Charles Joseph (1876 – 1960)
SINGER, Charles Joseph (1876 – 1960)

1959

#145.1

A history of cytology.

HUGHES, Arthur Frederick William (1908 – 1975)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1959

#2442.3

Diethyl dithiolisophthalate in the treatment of leprosy (ETIP or “Etisul”); a progress report.

DAVEY, Thomas Frank (1908 – 1983) HOGERZEIL, L. M.

Ditophal (Etisul) in leprosy.

1959

#2353.2

Experiments on the antituberculous activity of alpha-ethyl-thioisonicotinamide.

RIST, Noël (1906 – 1990) & et al.

Ethionamide. With F. Grumbach and D. Liberman.

1959

#3047.10

The use of intracardiac pacemaker in the correction of total heart block.

FURMAN, Seymour (1931 – 2006) ROBINSON, George (1922 – )

First use of pacemaker for Stokes–Adams syndrome, using dogs as subjects. External power source. See also Furman and Scawadel, John B., "An intracardiac pacemaker for Stokes–Adams seizures ," New Engl. J. Med.,1959, 2…

1959

#3047.13

Ventricular aneurysm following myocardial infarction: Results of surgical treatment.

COOLEY, Denton Arthur (1920 – 2016)
COOLEY, Denton Arthur (1920 – 2016) & et al.

Cardiopulmonary bypass and open excision of the aneurysm. With W.S. Henly, K.H. Amad, & D.W. Chapman.

1959

#3155.2

Genetic basis of the thalassaemia diseases.

INGRAM, Vernon Martin (1924 – 2006) STRETTON, Antony Oliver Ward (1936 – )

1959

#2883.3

A bipolar myocardial electrode for complete heart block.

HUNTER, Samuel Wynne (1921 – 2008) & et al.

With N. A. Roth, D. Bernardez, and J. L. Noble.

1959

#2578.31

The clonal selection theory of acquired immunity. The Abraham Flexner Lectures of Vanderbilt University 1958.

BURNET, Sir Frank Macfarlane (1899 – 1985)

Burnet's clonal selection theory extended the idea that each antibody-producing cell makes antibodies of only one specificity, predicting these cells proliferate in response to the detection of antigens, cloning and t…

1959

#3666.2

One-stage homotransplantation of the liver following total hepatectomy in dogs.

MOORE, Francis Daniels (1913 – 2001)

With nine co-authors.

1959 –1967

#3666.6

Die historischen Grundlagen der Leberforschung. 2 vols.

MANI, Nikolaus (1920 – 2001)

1959

#5111.4

Cholera.

POLLITZER, Robert (1885 – 1968)

Includes a section on the history of cholera. WHO Monograph Series,No. 43.

1959

#4405.02

Experiences with a finger-joint prosthesis.

BRANNON, Earl W. KLEIN, Gerold

First prosthetic device for replacement of destroyed finger-joints.

1959

#4962.5

Étude des chromosomes somatiques de neuf enfants mongoliens.

LEJEUNE, Jérôme (1926 – 1994)

Discovery of trisomy-21, cause of Down’s syndrome. With M. Gautier and R. Turpin.

1959

#5019.1

A history of neurology.

RIESE, Walther (1890 – 1976)

1959

#6623.1

Shakespeare and medicine.

SIMPSON, Robert Ritchie

1959

#6637

The story of the growth of nursing as an art, a vocation, and a profession. Fifth edition.

PAVEY, Agnes Elizabeth (1889 – )

1959

#6638

The history of nursing: An interpretation of the social and medical factors involved.

SHRYOCK, Richard Harrison (1893 – 1972)

1959

#6495.1

La médecine chinoise au cours des siècles.

HUARD, Pierre Alphonse (1901 – 1983)
HUARD, Pierre Alphonse (1901 – 1983) WONG, Ming (1926 – 1989)

English translation by B. Fielding, London, 1968.

1959

#6548.1

The Royal College of Surgeons of England: A history.

COPE, Sir Vincent Zachary (1881 – 1974)

1959

#6357.01

Catalogue of the Clifford G. Grulee collection on pediatrics.

HENKLE, Hermann Henry (1900 – 1987)

4404 entries. The rare books formerly in the John Crerar Library are now in the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago.

1959

#6552

Obrazy z minulosti českého lèkarstvi.

VINAR, Josef ( – 1969)

1959

#6569.3

Materialy po istorii meditsiny i zdravookhraneniia Latvii.

VASIL’EV, Konstantin Georgievich & et al.

With F.F. Grigorash and A. A. Krauss. Revised abridged version by Vasil’ev and Grigorash, Moscow, 1964.

1959

#258.2

Classic papers in genetics.

PETERS, James Arthur (1922 – 1972)
PETERS, James Arthur (1922 – 1972)

1959

#6908

Reasoning foundations of medical diagnosis.

LEDLEY, Robert Steven (1926 – 2012)
LEDLEY, Robert Steven (1926 – 2012) LUSTED, Lee B. (1922 – 1994)

The beginning of the development of clinical decision support systems (CDSS) — interactive computer programs, or expert systems, designed to assist physicians and other health professionals with decision making tasks,…

1959

#7288

A new fossil from Olduvai.

LEAKEY, Louis Seymour Bazett (1903 – 1972)
LEAKEY, Louis Seymour Bazett (1903 – 1972)

In 1959 Mary Leakey discovered the "Zinj" skull (OH 5) at Olduvai Gorge. This became the type specimen for Paranthropus boisei, arguably the most famous early human fossil from Olduvai in Northern Tanzania. The specie…

1959

#7402

Les cataractes congénitales.

FRANÇOIS, Jules (1907 – 1984)

1959

#8135

Jewish medical ethics: A comparative and historical study of the Jewish religious attitude to medicine and its practice.

JAKOBOVITS, Immanuel (1921 – 1999)
JAKOBOVITS, Immanuel (1921 – 1999)

1959

#8757

Dictionary of medical slang and related esoteric expressions.

SCHMIDT, Jacob Edward

This book by the physician chairman of the National Association on Standard Medical Vocabulary includes many terms and phrases that were found in any other dictionary with the word medical in the title. Digital facsim…

1959

#9727

Moderne problem der humangenetik.

VOGEL, Friedrich Otto (1925 – 2006)

In this paper Vogel coined the term pharmacogenetics, as the study of the role of genetics in drug response.

1959

#10281

The Kansas doctor: A century of pioneering.

BONNER, Thomas Neville (1923 – 2003)