1980–1989
678 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1981
#8841
Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan.
1981 –1984
#9123
Galen: On the doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato. Edition, translation and commentary by Phillip DeLacy. 3 vols.
![GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)](/media/portraits/21)
1981
#9175
Molecular cloning of poliovirus cDNA and determination of the complete nucleotide sequence of the viral genome.
The poliovirus genome. Digital facsimile from PNAS through PubMedCentral at this link.
1981
#9176
Primary structure, gene organization and polypeptide expression of poliovirus RNA.
The poliovirus genome. With around 10 co-authors. "The primary structure of the poliovirus genome has been determined. The RNA molecule is 7,433 nucleotides long, polyadenylated at the 3′ terminus, and covalently link…
1981
#9329
Pneumocystis pneumonia - Los Angeles.
The first paper on HIV/AIDS, reporting on June 5, 1981 on five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) seen at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) medical center. PCP was then a rare infection; ho…
1981
#9674
Making sense of self: Medical advice literature in late nineteenth-century America.
1981
#9728
The DNA story: A documentary history of gene cloning.
1981
#10045
Defining death: A report on the medical, legal and ethical issues in the determination of death.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1981
#10222
Inside Russian medicine: An American doctor's first-hand report. With research assistance by Nicholas A. Petroff.
A period piece but valuable for its professional assessment of the state of Russian medicine during the period.
1981
#10329
A century of surgery: The history of the American Surgical Association, 1880-1980. 2 vols.
1981
#10690
Books on the horse and horsemanship: Riding, hunting, breeding & racing 1400-1941. The Paul Mellon Collection. Compiled by John B. Podeschi.
Includes annotated descriptions of numerous classics on veterinary medicine for horses.
1981
#10834
A bibliography on animal rights and related matters.
"... restricted to literature in the English language, with over 3200 entries; it is also confined to the thought and practices of the Western world, from Biblical times to 1980." Concerns much on animal experimentati…
1981
#10990
Oslerian pathology: An assessment and annotated atlas of museum specimens.
Covers the 55 remaining specimens of pathological preparations by William Osler preserved at McGill University. The book is divided into 4 sections: A: presentation and discussion of those aspects of Osler's activitie…
1981
#11269
The house of Appleton: The history of a publishing house and its relationship to the cultural, social, and political events that helped shape the destiny of New York City.
1981
#11681
Dr. Martin Lister: A bibliography by Geoffrey Keynes, Kt.
1981
#11735
Willis's Oxford casebook (1650-52) edited by Kenneth Dewhurst.
1981
#11740
Research and discovery in medicine: Contributions from Johns Hopkins.
Essays on the history of pioneering clinical research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
1981
#11909
Theories of fever from antiquity to the enlightenment. Edited by W. F. Bynum and Vivian Nutton. Medical History, Supplement No. 1.
1981
#11947
Le milieu médical en France du XIIe au XVe siècle. En annexe, 2e supplément au Dictionnaire d'Ernest Wickersheimer.
1981
#11959
The shaping of Cambridge botany: A short history of whole-plant botany in Cambridge from the time of Ray into the present century. Published on the sequicentenary of Henslow's New Botanic Garden, 1831-1981.
1981
#11965
History of botanical science: An account of the development of botany from ancient times to the present day.
1981
#11966
The garden of eden: The botanic garden and the re-creation of paradise.
In the 15th century people still hoped that the original garden of Eden might be rediscovered, but in the 16th and 17th centuries efforts turned to collecting plants and attempting to re-create the wonder of the garde…
1981
#12120
The Pan-American Health Organization: Origins and Evolution.
1981
#12177
Pflanzen, Wurzeln, Säfte, Samen. Antike Heilkunst in Miniaturen des Wiener Dioskurides.
![DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90)](/media/portraits/2028)
1981
#12776
Botanical exploration of Southern Africa: A illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora. Biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times.
1981 –1984
#12918
Historia de la odontologia en Cuba. Vol. 1: La colonia (1492-1898) Vol. 2: Intervencion norteamericana (1899-1902) (1906-1909). Periodo republicano 1902-1909, 1909-1940. Vol. 3: Peridodo republicano (1940-1958) Vol. 4: Cuba comunista y en el exilio (1959-1983).
A remarkably comprehensive history of dentistry for a small country.
1981
#13068
The mismeasure of man.
A critique of statistical methods and cultural motivations underlying biological determinism. "Gould argues that the primary assumption underlying biological determinism is that, “worth can be assigned to individuals …
1981
#13285
Establishment in culture of pluripotential cells from mouse embryos.
Evans and Kauffman were the first to identify, isolate and successfully culture embryonic stem cells using mouse blastocysts. This discovery opened the doors to the creation of “murine genetic models” -- mice that hav…
1981
#13495
Catalog of the Sidney M Edelstein collection of the history of chemistry, dyeing & technology. Compiled by Moshe Ron.
1981
#13554
Mystical Bedlam: Madness, anxiety, and healing in seventeenth-century England.
"Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier, a clergyman and astrological physician, who treated over …
1981
#13583
Medicine and the Mormons: An introduction to the history of Latter-day Saint health care.
1981
#13902
The family book about sexuality.
1981
#13960
A complete nucleotide sequence of an infectious clone of cauliflower mosaic virus by M13mp7 shotgun sequencing.
Messing and colleagues employed shotgun sequencing to sequence the genome of cauliflower mosaic virus, the first genome sequenced by the shotgun method. They developed the shotgun DNA sequencing method with single and…
1981
#13961
Isolation of a pluripotent cell line from early mouse embryos cultured in medium conditioned by teratocarcinoma stem cells (embryonic stem cells/inner cell masses/differentiation in vitro/embryonal carcinoma cells/growth factors) .
Martin used a different approach that avoided in vivo alteration. She reasoned that an ES cell line might be obtained by culturing cells isolated from blastocysts in a medium that had previously been conditioned by an…
1981
#14183
Computer averaging of electron micrographs of the 405 ribosomal subunit.
Frank and colleagues developed a method that allows sorting of particle images into classes based on their orientation, as well as their structural features. Specifically Frank developed mathematical tools used for im…
1981
#14224
The crystallization of ribsomal proteins from the 50 S subunit of the Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus ribosome.
The authors crystallized fragments of the 50S subunit of a thermophile bacterium’s ribosome to 3 angstroms resolution. Order of authorship in the original publication: Appelt, Dyck, et al., Yonath. Digital facsimile f…
1982
#1588.18
A bio-bibliography for the history of the biochemical sciences since 1800.
An index to bio-bibliographical articles listed alphabetically by scientist. Supplement published, Philadelphia, 1985.
1982
#145.2
The strategy of life: teleology and mechanics in nineteenth century German biology.
1982
#3979.1
The discovery of insulin.
1982
#3910
A history of endocrinology.
A detailed illustrated history, tracing the development of knowledge from ancient times to the present. Includes biographical notes on the important pioneers in the field and chronological tables. Revised and updated …
1982
#5733.4
Under the influence. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia.
The most comprehensive work on the subject. Articles reprinted primarily from Brit. J. Anaesth., with new introduction and index.
1982
#5766.6
Breast reconstruction with a transverse abdominal island flap.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Hartrampf, Scheflan, Black. The transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap for breast reconstruction. Breast reconstruction without the use of an artificial implant.
1982
#5768.5
The progress of plastic surgery: An introductory history.
1982
#5475.2
Bibliography of dengue fever and dengue-like illnesses, 1780-1981.
1982
#6623.4
Literature and medicine: an annotated bibliography. Revised edition.
Annotated bibliography of medical references in Western literature from the ancient world to time of writing. Emphasis is on summaries of the medical content. Editions cited are usually modern and always in English,
1982
#6510.4
Islamic miniature painting in medical manuscripts.
1982
#6786.25
La médecine médiévale à travers les manuscrits de la Bibliothéque Nationale.
Annotated exhibition catalogue, with introductory essays, describing 99 exceptionally important medieval medical manuscripts as well as a few very early medallions.
1982
#6786.26
A catalogue of sixteenth-century medical books in Edinburgh libraries.
Describes 2509 books with paginations and collations. Reproduces 89 illustrations.
1982
#6596.6
The social transformation of American medicine: The rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry.
1982
#6610.16