1970–1979
586 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1978
#7277
A new species of the genus Australopithecus (Primates: Hominidae) from the Pliocene of Eastern Africa.
Johanson and colleagues formally named the species Afarensis of the genus Australopithecus in 1978.
1978
#7317
Histologic diagnosis of inflammatory skin diseases: A method by pattern analysis.
1978
#7456
A gene complex controlling segmentation in Drosophila.
Discovery of the Drosophila Bithorax complex and elucidation of its function. Lewis founded the field of developmental genetics and laid the groundwork for current understanding of the universal, evolutionarily conser…
1978
#7697
The shows of London.
Characterized on the dust jacket as "a panomaic history of exhibitions, 1600-1862." The first two chapters are a history of museums. Chapter 24, "The waxen and the fleshy", discusses "medica" or anatomical museums.
1978
#7897
BERICHTE ZUR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE. 1-
Organ der Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte.
1978
#7999
Abortion in America: The origins and evolution of national policy, 1800-1900.
1978
#8122
Graphic presentation of statistical information: Papers presented at the 136th annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section: Session of Graphical Methods for Presenting Statistical Data: Boston, Massachusetts, August 23-26, 1976, Vol. 3.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1978
#8162
Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge. Vol. 2: De Sarajevo à Hiroshima.
English translation: History of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Volume II: From Sarajevo to Hiroshima (Geneva: Henri Dunant Institute, 1984).
1978
#8387
A tandemly repeated sequence at the termini of the extrachromosomal ribosomal RNA genes in Tetrahymena.
In 1975–1977, Blackburn, working as a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University with Gall, discovered the unusual nature of telomeres, with their simple repeated DNA sequences composing chromosome ends.
1978
#8422
I codice greci di medicina nelle tre Venezie. (Università di Padova, Studi bizantini e neogreci, 10).
1978
#8468
Persian medical manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles. A descriptive catalogue.
1978
#8495
Disease in African history.
1978
#8775
Catalog of works in the neurological sciences collected by Cyril Brian Courville, representative of clinical neurology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology with particular reference to head trauma.
1978
#9136
Almost persuaded: American physicians and compulsory health insurance, 1912-1920.
1978
#9248
Islamic medicine. [Islamic surveys 11].
1978
#9434
Mind and madness in ancient Greece: The classical roots of modern psychiatry.
1978
#9720
Recombinant DNA: The untold story.
1978
#9831
Multiphasic health testing services.
'In 1968 Morris F. Collen, MD and his team at KP’s Medical Methods Research (MMR) built a medical information system that peers described in the era as the most advanced of its kind. It was an aspiration of medical in…
1978
#10168
The road to Eleusis: Unveiling the secret of the mysteries.
Argues that the psycho-active ingredient in the secret kykeion potion used in the Eleusinian mysteries was most likely the ergotism causing fungus Claviceps purpurea. Furthermore the book introduced the term "entheoge…
1978
#10209
Offenses against one's self. Edited by Louis Crompton.
This is the first publication of Jeremy Bentham's essay on "Paederasty," written about 1785. Bentham suppressed the essay during his lifetime, for fear of public outrage at his views on liberalizing the laws concernin…
1978
#10297
Läkare och läkekonst i Finland under 300 år 1640-1940.
1978
#10691
Hippocrate, Oeuvres complètes, Tome XIII: Des lieux dans l'homme, Du système des glandes, Des fistules, Des hémorroïdes, De la vision, Des chairs, De la dentition. Texte établi et traduit par Robert Joly.
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Edition of the Greek text with facing French translation and commentary of a group of treatises from the Hippocratic Collection concerning anatomy, physiology, and pathology with the following possible periods of orig…
1978
#10783
Erythema chronicum migrans and Lyme arthritis: Epidemiologic evidence for a tick vector.
The authors showed that a tick was the insect vector for Lyme disease. The tick (the "Deer Tick") is named lxodes dammini. Order of authorship in the original paper was Steere, Broderick, and Malawista. (Thanks to Jua…
1978
#10846
Informe sexual de la mujer española.
1978
#10869
Sorcery and healing: The meaning of illness and death to an Australian aboriginal community.
1978
#10924
Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever. Edited by Stefan R. Pattyn.
Among the essays in this book two are of special note: 1. Piot, P., Sureau, P., Breman, J.G., Clinical aspects of Ebola virus infection in Yambuku area, Zaire, 1976 (pp. 157-166). This is the first clinical descriptio…
1978
#10980
The Interurban Clinical Club (1905-1976): A record of achievement in clinical science.
"[William] Osler also made a very significant contribution to the realization of Flexner’s task by helping to create the Interurban Clinical Club in 1905 [8]. The purpose of this organization was the exchanging of ide…
1978
#11440
Chemosurgery: Microscopically controlled surgery for skin cancer.
Mohs surgery for common types of skin cancer.
1978
#12121
International public health between the two world wars: The organizational problems.
1978
#12243
Noninvasive assessment of pressure drop in mitral stenosis by Doppler ultrasound.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Hatle, Brubakk, Tromsdal, Angelsen. "Hatle (born 1936) was the pioneer of continuous wave Doppler echocardiography. "Today, Doppler echocardiography is central to our ability…
1978
#12310
Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner. Vol. 1: Philosophie, Rhetorik, Epistolographie, Geschichtschreibung, Geographie. Vol. 2: Philologie, Profandichtung, Musik, Mathematik und Astronomie, Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Kriegswissenschaft, Rechsliteratur
1978
#13020
Epidemic disease in fifteenth century England: The medical response and the demographic consequences.
1978
#13414
The library of Sir Isaac Newton
1978
#13540
Transmissible agent in non-A, non-B hepatitis.
The first paper recording the discovery of what was, eleven years later in 1989, named the hepatitis C virus (see No. 12653). Harvey Alter and colleagues inoculated the serum/plasma of 4 patients with non-A/non-B hepa…
1978 –1980
#13656
Atlas on the history of spectacles. 2 vols.
Vol. 1 catalogues spectacles from the collections of Carl Zeiss, Otto Hallauer, and Pierre Marly. Translated from the German by Frederick C. Blodi with an introduction by Wolfgang Pfeiffer, ‘A Short History of Spectac…
1978
#13757
The birth control movement and American society: From private vice to public virtue.
A history of contraception in the United States.
1978
#13969
Inhibition of Rous sarcoma virus replication and cell transformation by a specific oligodeoxynucleotide (tridecamer deoxyribonucleotide/hybridization competitor/hybridon).
Zamecnick and Stephenson reported the first example of specific inhibition of gene expression by an oligonucleotide when they demonstrated that a short oligonucleotide inhibited Rous sarcoma virus replication in cell …
1978
#13986
Mutagenesis at a specific position in a DNA sequence.
Smith and Hutchison introduced site-directed mutagenesis, or oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis, into molecular biology, resolving the problem of how to determine the effect of a single mutant gene with efficiency. …
1978
#14144
Reconstitution of hormone-sensitive adenylate cyclase activity with resolved components of the enzyme.
Gilman and colleagues showed that G proteins are in the cell membrane and are stimulated once a ligand (adrenaline) binds the adrenergic receptor. This system can then activate adenyl cyclase to form cyclic AMP. Digit…
1979
#1671.9
Aging: Its history and literature.
Includes bibliographies of classic works, of the history of geriatrics, and of periodicals devoted to the subject.
1979
#2138.3
The heritage of aviation medicine. An annotated directory of early artifacts.
Descriptions and photographs of notable artifacts, including the original clothing worn by John Jeffries (No.2137.2).
1979
#2682.54
Bloodletting instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology.
Digital facsimile from Smithsonian Research Online at this link.
1979 –1983
#2581.10
Geschichte der Allergie. 4 vols.
1979
#2682.53
Antique medical instruments
Well-illustrated work coving the history of medical and surgical instruments from the Middle Ages to 1870, with emphasis on pre-19th century material. Includes useful information on instrument makers.
1979
#6357.2
History of American pediatrics.
1979
#6786.21
A short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine.
Lists approximately 25,000 works (except dissertations) printed between 1701 and 1800.
1979
#6786.22
Catalogue of the historical books in the library of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
1979
#6667
TRANSACTIONS AND STUDIES OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA. MEDICINE AND HISTORY. Series V, 1-
1979
#258.11
The eighth day of creation. Makers of the revolution in biology.
1979
#6901
Resolution of the ATP-dependent proteolytic system from reticulocytes: a component that interacts with ATP.
Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. The paper is available at doi:10.1073/pnas.76.7.3107,PMC 383772, PMID 290989. See also Hershko, A.; Ciechanover, A.; Heller, H.; Haas, A.L.; Rose, I.A. (1980), "Pro…