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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

1970–1979

586 entries with publication dates in this decade.

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1976

#1757.1

Highlights in medicolegal relations. Revised & enlarged ed.

NĖMEC, Jaroslav (1910 – 1992)

1976

#1766.609

American medical education: the formative years, 1765-1910.

KAUFMAN, Martin (1940 – )

1976

#2660.28

DNA related to the transforming gene(s) of avian sarcoma viruses is present in normal avian DNA.

VARMUS, Harold Eliot (1942 – ) BISHOP, John Michael (1936 – ) STEHELIN, Dominique (1943 – 2019) VOGT, Peter K. (1932 – )

Discovery of the first “oncogene. In 1989 Varmus and Bishop shared the Nobel Prize for in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes."

1976

#3705.05

Tooth mutilations and dentistry in pre-Columbian Mexico.

FASTLICHT, Samuel

First edition in English. First edition, in Spanish, 1971.

1976 –1980

#5766.5

Cleft craft: The evolution of its surgery. 3 vols.

MILLARD, David Ralph Jr. (1919 – 2011)

An encyclopedic monograph on cleft palate surgery, exceptionally well written, illustrated, and produced, incorporating an historical approach.

1976

#6742.8

The lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969.

PEEL, Sir John Harold (1904 – 2005)

1976

#6550.7

The great instauration. Science, medicine and reform, 1626-1660.

WEBSTER, Charles

1976

#6551

History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

CRAIG, William Stuart McRae (1903 – 1975)

1976

#6786.20

A history of scientific and technical periodicals. The origins and development of the scientific and technical press, 1665-1790. 2nd ed.

KRONICK, David A. (1918 – 2006)

“Includes much of medical interest and contains several tables indicating comparative numbers of periodicals on various subjects at different dates” (L.T.Morton).

1976

#6596.3

Two centuries of American medicine 1776-1976.

BORDLEY, James (1900 – ) HARVEY, Abner McGehee (1911 – 1998)

A valuable supplement to Packard (No. 6590), besides covering the main events in American medicine.

1976

#6604.7

Bibliography of Australian medicine 1790-1900.

FORD, Sir Edward (1902 – 1986)

2567 annotated entries, including topics such as nursing, dentistry, etc.

1976

#6610.12

Anatomia come arte. 2nd ed.

BUCCI, Mario

Includes spectacular color plates of 19th-century wax models and earlier sculptures concerning anatomy.

1976

#214.3

Plio-Pleistocene hominid discoveries in Hadar, Ethiopia.

JOHANSON, Donald Carl (1943 – )
JOHANSON, Donald Carl (1943 – )
TAIEB, Maurice (1935 – )
TAIEB, Maurice (1935 – )

Report on the Afar fossils (formally classified and named Australopithiecus afaranesis in 1998) representing a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 65 individuals, all about 3,000,000 years old. The most famous of these, AL…

1976

#7072

The face of madness. Hugh W. Diamond and the origin of psychiatric photography. Edited by Sander L. Gilman.

GILMAN, Sander L. (1941 – )
DIAMOND, Hugh Welch (1809 – 1886)
DIAMOND, Hugh Welch (1809 – 1886)

Papers by Diamond, including their illustrations, edited with an extensive annotated introduction.

1976

#7454

Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres.

NEHER, Erwin (1944 – )
NEHER, Erwin (1944 – )
SAKMANN, Bert (1942 – )
SAKMANN, Bert (1942 – )

In 1991 Neher and Sakmann were awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells." They were also awarded the prize for the invention…

1976

#7486

The wild boy of Aveyron.

LANE, Harlan (1936 – )

1976

#7519

The uses of enchantment: The meaning and importance of fairy tales.

BETTELHEIM, Bruno (1903 – 1990)

1976

#8055

The naturalist in Britain: A social history.

ALLEN, David Elliston (1932 – )

1976

#8193

Islamic science: An Illustrated study.

NASR, Seyyed Hossein (1933 – )
NASR, Seyyed Hossein (1933 – )

Includes chapters on natural history, medicine and pharmacology, agriculture and irrigation, man and the natural environment.

1976

#8236

Galen on the affected parts. Translated by Rudolph E. Siegel.

GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) SIEGEL, Rudolf E. (1900 – 1975)

1976

#8311

A medical history of Kenya.

CARMAN, John Ambrose

1976 –1992

#8440

Galenus Latinus Vol. 1. Burgundio of Pisa's Translation of Galen's Περί Κράσεων "De complexionibus". Edited by Richard J. Durling.

GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) DURLING, Richard Jasper (1932 – 1999) BURGUNDIO OF PISA (1110 – 1193)

1976

#8457

Tacuinum sanitatis: The medieval health handbook.

ARANO, Luisa Cogliati

1976

#8497

Asian medical systems: A comparative study, edited by Charles Leslie.

LESLIE, Charles Miller (1923 – 2009)

1976

#8541

Medical anthropology. Edited by Francis X. Grollig, S. J. and Harold B. Haley.

GROLLIG, Francis X. (1922 – 2005) HALEY, Harold B.

1976

#8658

Physician signers of the Declaration of Independence.

GIFFORD, George E. Jr.

1976

#8778

A catalogue of the rare book collection in the Northwestern University Dental School Library. Edited by Wilma Troxel.

TROXEL, Wilma

1976 –2009

#8857

Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types

STAFLEU, Frans Antonie (1921 – 1997) COWAN, Richard Sumner (1921 – 1997)

The entire set is available in digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. (Authors and publishers of the Supplements vary.)

1976

#8962

Mittelalterliche Pharmazie und Medizin. Dargestellt an Geschichte und Inhalt des ANTIDOTARIUM NICOLAI

NICOLAUS SALERNITANUS, (Nicolaus Praepostius) (1120 – ) GOLTZ, Dietlinde

1976

#9236

Les hommes et la peste en France et dans les pays européens et méditerranéens. Tome I: La peste dans l'histoire. Tome II: Les hommes face à la peste. 2 vols.

BIRABEN, Jean-Noël

1976 –1990

#9616

Theophrastus: De causis plantarum Books 1-2, Books 3-4, Books 5-6. Edited and translated by Benedict Einarson and George K.K. Link. 3 vols.

THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESOS (ΘΕΌΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ) (371 – 287) EINARSON, Benedict (1906 – 1978) LINK, George Konrad Karl (1888 – )

1976

#9689

Plagues and peoples.

MCNEILL, William H. (1917 – 2016)
MCNEILL, William H. (1917 – 2016)

1976

#9731

Dreams in Greek tragedy: An ethno-psycho-analytical study.

DEVEREUX, George (1908 – 1985)
DEVEREUX, George (1908 – 1985)

1976 –2018

#9948

Histoire de la sexualité. 4 vols.

FOUCAULT, Paul-Michel (Michel Foucault) (1926 – 1984)

The first 3 vols. were translated into English by Robert Hurley as The history of sexuality (1978-1986).

1976

#10100

The Watermark. The quarterly publication of Librarians, Archivists and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS).

http://iis-exhibits.library.ucla.edu/alhhs/index.html "Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) membership is open to librarians, archivists, and museum professi…

1976

#10312

A service to the sick: A history of the health services for Africans in Southern Rhodesia (1890-1953).

GELFAND, Michael (1912 – 1985)
GELFAND, Michael (1912 – 1985)

1976

#10781

A cluster of arthritis in children and adults in Lyme, Connecticut.

STEERE, Allen Caruthers MALAWISTA, Stephen Evan (1934 – 2013) SNYDMAN, David R.

The first publication on Lyme Disease. Abstract from the Proceedings of the 40th Annual Scientific Session of the American Rheumatism Association. Order of authorship in the original paper was Steere, Malawista, Snydm…

1976

#11035

Hallucinogenic plants of North America.

OTT, Jonathan (1949 – )
OTT, Jonathan (1949 – )

1976

#11104

Deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase from the extreme thermophile Thermus aquaticus.

CHIEN CHANG, Alice EDGAR, David B. TRELA, John M.

The authors showed that the heat resistant bacteria Thermus aquaticus discovered by Thomas Brock contained a vital polymerase enzyme that had evolved in this bacteria to allow it to metabolize and survive in exception…

1976

#11205

John Ray, 1627-1705: A bibliography, 1660-1970: A descriptive bibliography of the works of John Ray ... with introductions, annotations, various indexes, and a supplement of new entries, additions and corrections by the author, Sir Geoffrey Keynes.

KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
RAY, John (1628 – 1705)
RAY, John (1628 – 1705)

This is the "best" edition. The original edition issued in London by Faber & Faber in 1951 was a far superior example of book production, printed on thick greenish paper.

1976

#11569

Development of angiography and cardiovascular catheterization. Foreward by Herbert Abrams.

DOBY, T.

1976

#11888

The resistance factor to Plasmodium vivax in blacks.

MILLER, Louis Howard (1935 – ) MASON, Steven J.
CLYDE, David Francis (1925 – 2002)
CLYDE, David Francis (1925 – 2002) & et al.

The authors showed that the Plasmodium vivax parasite requires the Fya/Fyb Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor on the surface of red blood cells for penetration of human red blood cells. Because most African and American…

1976

#12422

Die arabische Medizin im lateinischen Mittelalter (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akad. der Wiss., Math. naturw. Klasse, Jrhrg. 1976, 2. Abh.)

SCHIPPERGES, Heinrich (1918 – 2003)

1976

#12434

Acute enterocolitis in a human being infected with the protozoan Cryptosporidium.

YARDLEY, John Howard (1926 – 2011) NIME, Freda A. BUREK, Joe D. & et al.

First report of infection by Cryptosporidium in a human being. "Abstract "A 3-year-old child with severe acute self-limited enterocolitis was found on rectal biopsy to be infected with the protozoal parasite Cryptospo…

1976

#12936

The oral manifestations of systemic disease.

SHKLAR, Gerald (1925 – 2015) MCCARTHY, Philip L.

1976

#13064

Caspar Peucer's library: Portrait of a Wittenberg professor of the mid-sixteenth century

PEUCER, Caspar (1525 – 1602)
PEUCER, Caspar (1525 – 1602) KOLB, Robert (1941 – )

1976

#13107

Natural history auctions 1700-1972. A register of sales in the British Isles compiled by J. M. Chalmers-Hunt. With articles by S. Peter Dance, Peter G. Embrey, W. D. Ian Rolfe, Clive Simson, William T. Stern, J. M. Chalmers-Hunt, Alwyne Wheeler.

CHALMERS-HUNT, J. M.

Entomological sales by J.M. Chalmers-Hunt. Zoological Sales other than those of birds Insects and shells by Alwyne Wheeler Botanical Sales by William T. Stern Ornithology and Oology by Clive Simson Fossil Sales by W. …

1976

#13972

A colony bank containing synthetic Col El hybrid plasmids representative of the entire E. coli genome.

CARBON, John B. CLARKE, Louise B.

First description of a "complete" genomic library. This paper includes the Carbon-Clarke equation used for calculating the number of clones required when constructing a clone library to ensure a given probability (usu…

1976

#13976

Reovirus messenger RNA contains a methylated, blocked 5'-terminal structure: m7G(5')ppp(5')GmpCp.

FURUICHI, Yashiro SHATKIN, Aaron J. (1934 – 2012)

Furuichi, working in Shatkin's laboratory, discovered that the viral mRNAs synthesized in vitro by the virion-associated RNA polymerase of reovirus contain a unique 5′-terminal structure m7GpppNm or cap. The precise b…

1976

#13978

DNA gyrase: An enzyme that introduces superhelical turns into DNA (Escherichia coli / ATP-dependent reaction / superhelix density).

GELLERT, Martin Frank (1929 – )
MIZUUCHI, Kiyoshi
MIZUUCHI, Kiyoshi O'DEA, Mary H. NASH, Howard A. (1937 – 2011)

Order of authorship in the original publication: Gellert, Mizuuchi, O'Dea, Nash. Discovery of DNA gyrase, the first type II topoisomerase to be discovered. "It is the only type II enzyme to retain its historical name.…