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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

1970–1979

586 entries with publication dates in this decade.

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1977

#10803

Medical history of a Civil War regiment: Disease in the sixty-fifth United States Colored Infantry.

STEINER, Paul Eby (1902 – 1978)

1977

#10867

Bisexuality: A study.

WOLFF, Charlotte (1897 – 1986)

Based on interviews with 150 self-identified bisexuals, equal numbers of men and women.

1977

#10923

Isolation and partial characterization of a new virus causing acute haemorrhagic fever in Zaire.

JOHNSON, Karl M. LANGE, James V. WEBB, Patricia & et al.

The first of three papers published in Lancet back to back describing the discovery of Ebola Virus Disease. In this paper the authors described isolation of the virus, imaged it with an electron microscope, and named …

1977

#10956

Medicine at Harvard: The first three hundred years.

BEECHER, Henry Knowles

1977

#10964

Expression in Escherichia coli of a chemically synthesized gene for the hormone somatostatin.

BOYER, Herbert Wayne (1936 – )
BOYER, Herbert Wayne (1936 – ) ITAKURA, Keiichi (1942 – ) HIROSE, Tadaaki CREA, Roberto BOLÍVAR ZAPATA, Francisco Gonzalo (1948 – ) & et al.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Itakura, Hirose, Crea..., Bolivar, Boyer. Synthesis of the gene for somatostatin (growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH). This was the first demonstration of a foreign gene…

1977

#11043

An amazing sequence arrangement at the 5' ends of adenovirus 2 messenger RNA.

CHOW, Louise Tsi (1943 – ) GELINAS, Richard E. BROKER, Thomas R.
ROBERTS, Richard John Sir (1943 – )
ROBERTS, Richard John Sir (1943 – )

Discovery of introns. In 1993 Roberts shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip A. Sharp "for their discoveries of split genes." It was frequently suggested that Chow deserved a share of that prize…

1977

#11044

Spliced segments at the 5' terminus of adenovirus 2 late mRNA.

BERGET, Susan M. MOORE, Claire SHARP, Philip Allen (1944 – )

Discovery of introns simultaneously with Roberts, Chow, Broker (No. 11043). Sharp's electron microscopist, Berget, visualized the introns in the electron microscope. James D. Watson took note of the profound significa…

1977

#11208

Charles Darwin: An annotated bibliographical handlist

DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882) FREEMAN, Richard Broke (1915 – 1986)

This bibliography has been extensively supplemented by the Freeman Bibliographical Database at Darwin Online edited by John van Wyhe. "The database has been supplemented by the entries from unpublished manuscript corr…

1977

#11245

Unidentified gram-negative rod infection: A new disease of man.

BUTLER, Thomas Campbell (1941 – ) WEAVER, Robert E. RAMANI, T. K. Venata BOBO, Raymond A.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Butler, Weaver, Ramani....Bobo....First description of a newly discovered bacterium associated with dog bites, affecting in this case alcoholic patients or patients predispos…

1977

#11656

Revised technique for cellulite fat reduction in riding breeches deformity.

FISCHER, Arpad FISCHER, Giorgio

This father-and-son team of Italian gynecologists invented a technique that used a small, rotating scalpel inside a thin, hollow metal cannula inserted through small incisions in the body. The rotating scalpel broke u…

1977

#12031

The construction of molecular cloning vehicles. II. A multipurpose cloning system.

BOYER, Herbert Wayne (1936 – )
BOYER, Herbert Wayne (1936 – ) BETLACH, Mary C.
RODRIGUEZ, Raymond L.
RODRIGUEZ, Raymond L. BOLÍVAR ZAPATA, Francisco Gonzalo (1948 – ) & et al.

Order of authorship in the original publication Bolivar, Rodriguez, Betlach...Boyer...The authors describe the composition and molecular construction of pBR-322 (named after Bolivar and Rodriguez) and call it "the mos…

1977

#12174

Palladius Kommentar zu Hippokrates ‘De fracturis’ und seine Parallelversion under dem Namen des Stephanus von Alexandria. Edited by Dieter Irmer. [Hamburger Philologische Studien 45].

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)
HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) STEPHANUS OF ATHENS (550 – 630) IRMER, Dieter (1935 – ) PALLADIUS (550 – )

1977

#12300

Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: The primary kingdoms.

WOESE, Carl Richard (1928 – 2012)
WOESE, Carl Richard (1928 – 2012) FOX, George Edward (1945 – )

(Order of authorship in the original publication: Woese, Fox.) Woese and Fox discovered a "third kingdom" in microbial life that they called "archaebacteria" (Archaea) as distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes. In thei…

1977

#12338

Selected papers on electrocardiography of Willem Einthoven with bibliography, biographical notes and comments by H. A. Snellen.

EINTHOVEN, Willem (1860 – 1927)
EINTHOVEN, Willem (1860 – 1927) SNELLEN, Hermann A.

1977

#12484

A history of childbirth in America.

WERTZ, Richard W. (1933 – ) WERTZ, Dorothy C.

Expanded edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.

1977

#12554

Midwives and medical men: A history of inter-professional rivalries and women's rights.

DONNISON, Jean

1977

#12609

Standard history of the medical profession of Philadelphia by Burton A. Konkle, with the collaboration of James M. Anders ... [et al.] ; edited by Frederick P. Henry. Revised by Lisabeth M. Holloway, with an index and bibliography.

HOLLOWAY, Lisabeth M. HENRY, Frederick P. (1844 – 1919) ANDERS, James M. (1854 – 1936) KONKLE, Burton Alva (1861 – 1944)

1977

#12915

A history of dentistry in New South Wales, 1788-1945. Original manuscript by R. W. Halliday, arranged and edited by A. O. Watson. Foreword by Robert Harris.

HALLIDAY, Robert W.

1977 –2019

#13018

Geographers biobibliographical studies. Vols. 1-38

Annual volumes edited by a changing group of experts. Ongoing.

1977

#13178

Sigmund Freud's writings: A comprehensive bibliography.

FREUD, Sigmund (1856 – 1939)
FREUD, Sigmund (1856 – 1939) GRINSTEIN, Alexander (1918 – 2007)

1977

#13246

Biographical dictionary of the phonetic sciences.

BRONSTEIN, Arthur J. (1914 – 2010) RAPHAEL, Lawrence J. (1938 – ) STEVENS, Cj

1977

#13277

Wernicke's works on aphasia: A sourcebook and review.

WERNICKE, Carl (1848 – 1905)
WERNICKE, Carl (1848 – 1905) EGGERT, Gertrude H.

1977

#13369

African folk medicine: Practices and beliefs of the Bambara and other peoples.

IMPERATO, Pascal James (1937 – )

1977

#13376

Marie Stopes: A checklist of her writings

STOPES, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (1880 – 1958)
STOPES, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (1880 – 1958)

The printed dust jacket reads differently from the title page: "Marie Stopes: A preliminary checklist of her writings together with some biographical notes."

1977

#13698

Fluvoxamine, a specific 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake inhibitor.

CLAASSEN, V. DAVIES, J. E. HERTTING, Georg (1925 – 2014) PLACHETA, P.

Fluvoxamine, an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class, used primarily for the treatment of major depressive disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It is also used to trea…

1977

#13749

Project MKUltra, The CIA's program of research in behavioral modification. Joint hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Science Research of the Committee on Human Resources United States Senate Ninety-Fifth Congress First Session August 3, 1977.

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE

Digital facsimile from Wikipedia at this link. "Project MKUltra (or MK-Ultra) was the code name of an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[1][2][…

1977

#14143

Resolution of some components of adenylate cyclase necessary for catalytic activity.

GILMAN, Alfred Goodman (1941 – 2015)
GILMAN, Alfred Goodman (1941 – 2015) ROSS, Elliot M.

Goodman shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Martin Rodbell "for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells." In this paper Goodman and Ross show…

1977

#14248

Nitric oxide activates guanylate cyclase and increases guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate levels in various tissue preparations.

MURAD, Ferid (1936 – 2023)
MURAD, Ferid (1936 – 2023) & et al.

Murad demonstrated that nitroglycerin and related drugs worked by releasing nitric oxide into the body, which relaxed smooth muscle by elevating intracellular cyclic GMP. With W. P. Arnold, C. K. Mittal, S. Katsuki. I…

1978

#358.1

A short history of medical entomology.

SERVICE, Michael William

1978

#567.2

A history of microtechnique: The evolution of the microtome and the development of tissue preparation.

BRACEGIRDLE, Brian (1933 – 2015)

1978

#2188.2

Naval and maritime medicine during the American revolution.

GORDON, Maurice Bear (1916 – 2006)

1978

#532.5

Birth after the reimplantation of a human embryo. (Letter to the editor).

EDWARDS, Robert Geoffrey (1925 – 2013)
STEPTOE, Patrick Christopher (1913 – 1988)
STEPTOE, Patrick Christopher (1913 – 1988)

First successful human birth after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.

1978

#2068.19

Apothecary jars: Pharmaceutical pottery and porcelain in Europe and the East 1150-1850, with a glossary of terms used in apothecary jar inscriptions.

DREY, Rudolf E. A.

The most comprehensive study in English.

1978

#145.9

An introduction to population ecology.

HUTCHINSON, George Evelyn (1903 – 1991)

This elegantly written textbook by a pioneering authority is based on a carefully documented historical approach to the subject.

1978

#2268.1

Tropical medicine and parasitology: Classic investigations. 2 vols.

KEAN, Benjamin Harrison (1912 – 1993) MOTT, Kenneth Eugene (1939 – 1997) RUSSELL, Adair J.

About 200 key papers, reproduced in whole or in part, in English translation where necessary. Includes useful biographical notes.

1978

#1716.1

The history of statistics in the 17th and 18th centuries against the changing background of intellectual, scientific and religious thought. Lectures by Karl Pearson given at University College London during the academic sessions 1921-1933.

PEARSON, Karl (1857 – 1936)
PEARSON, Karl (1857 – 1936) PEARSON, Egon Sharpe (1895 – 1980)

1978

#1766.610

The medical profession in mid-Victorian London.

PETERSON, M. Jeanne

1978

#2662.4

The genesis of cancer. A study in the history of ideas.

RATHER, Lelland Joseph (1913 – 1989)

1978

#2682.52

Medicine and the reign of technology.

REISER, Stanley Joel

1978

#2581.9

An introduction to the history of virology.

WATERSON, Anthony Peter (1923 – 1983) WILKINSON, Lise

1978

#5546.9

Infectious diseases. Prevention and treatment in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

SPINK, Wesley William (1904 – 1988)

1978

#5813.11

The rise of surgery from empiric craft to scientific discipline.

WANGENSTEEN, Owen Harding (1898 – 1981) WANGENSTEEN, Sarah D.

Not a systematic history but an assessment of those technical factors that contributed to or retarded the advance of surgery.

1978

#6451.10

Medicine: An illustrated history.

LYONS, Albert S. (1912 – 2006) PETRUCELLI, R. Joseph (1943 – )

Includes over 1,000 illustrations, many in color.

1978

#6623.3

Friedrich Schiller: Medicine, psychology and literature. With the first English edition of his complete medical and psychological writings.

DEWHURST, Kenneth Eastham (1919 – 1984) REEVES, Nigel

The medical writings of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) and their influence on his poetry and plays.

1978

#6604.8

Tears often shed. Child health and welfare in Australia from 1788.

GANDEVIA, Bryan Harle (1925 – 2006)

1978

#6610.13

Votivmalerie und Medizin. Kulturgeschichte und Heilkunst im Spiegel der Votivmalerei.

THEOPOLD, Wilhelm (1915 – 2009)

1978

#6610.14

Medicine and pharmacy in American political prints (1765-1870).

HELFAND, William H. (1926 – 2018)
HELFAND, William H. (1926 – 2018)

1978

#7047

Medicine and slavery. The diseases and health care of blacks in antebellum Virginia.

SAVITT, Todd L. (1943 – )

1978

#7098

Survivals of Greek zoological illuminations in Byzantine manuscripts.

KÁDÁR, Zoltán

1978

#7115

Contraceptive technology.

HATCHER, Robert Anthony TRUSSELL, James NELSON, Anita L. KOWAL, Deborah POLICAR, Michael

Standard work on the subject; 20th edition, New York: Arden Media, 2011. Hatcher originated the work in 1978. Collaborators on the 20th edition are Hatcher, Kowal, Nelson, Policar, and Trusell. An offshoot of the main…