Facets

1935

#12227

Your body and its health.

Cullis was the first woman professor in a British medical school, appointed in 1919 as professor physiology at the University of London. By the time this book was published Cullis was the Sophia Jex-Blake Professor of…

1936

#1071

The isolation from wheat-germ oil of an alcohol, α-tocopherol, having the properties of vitamin E.

Isolation of vitamin E, named by Herbert M. Evans.

1936

#2865

Atlas of congenital cardiac disease.

1936

#5484.2

Propagation of rabies virus in tissue culture and the successful use of culture virus as antirabic vaccine.

Webster and Clow succeeded in growing rabies virus in tissue culture.

1936

#6281

Treatment of human puerperal infections, and of experimental infections in mice, with prontosil.

Chemotherapeutic treatment of puerperal sepsis.

1936

#14286

Age and other factors in motor recovery from precentral lesions in monkeys.

This was the first of a series of papers by Kennard that led to what became known as the Kennard Principle, which posits a negative linear relationship between age of a brain lesion and the recovery outcome. The earli…

1937

#1074

A crystalline vitamin A concentration.

1937

#4671

Infantile paralysis and cerebral diplegia: Methods used for the restoration of function.

1937

#1925

Action protectrice des éthers phénoliques au cours de l’intoxication histaminique.

First description of structure and action of an antihistamine. In 1957 Bovet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certai…

1937

#2348

A new tuberculin patch test.

1937

#2659

The carcinogenic action of oestrone: induction of mammary carcinoma in female mice of a strain refractory to the spontaneous development of mammary tumours.

With L. H. Stickland and K. I. Connal.

1937

#5987

Developmental abnormalities of the eye.

1937

#5398

Experimental studies on the virus of “Q” fever.

Discovery of Rickettsia burneti, causal agent in Q fever.

1937

#11215

A bibliography of the works of Ambroise Paré: Premier chirugien & conseiller du Roy

1937

#11441

Toxicity of industrial organic solvents.

1938

#4612

Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.

Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, Hafner,…

1938

#4660

Recovery of the virus of equine encephalomyelitis from the brain of a child.

Western equine encephalitis virus recovered from man.

1938

#1952

Treatment of pneumonia with 2-(p-aminobenzenesulphonamido) pyridine.

Clinical proof of the value of sulphapyridine. M & B 693 (sulphapyridine) treatment of pneumonia. This followed the experimental work of L. E. H. Whitby (see No. 1951).

1938

#3149

Tropical macrocytic anaemia: Its relation to pernicious anaemia.

1938

#2576.7

Recherches sur le phénomène de Twort-d’Hérelle (bactériophage ou autolyse hérédo-contagieuse).

The Wollmans made important contributions to the knowledge on bacteriophage and lysogeny.

1938

#6650

A history of women in medicine from the earliest times to the beginning of the ninteenth century.

1938

#7406

Margaret Sanger: An autobiography.

1938

#13827

Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and its relation to celiac disease: A clinical and pathological study.

Andersen was the first to describe the characteristic cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, and to correlate it with the lung and intestinal disease prominent in CF. She also was the first to hypotheize that cystic fibrosi…

1939

#2525

The anaerobic bacteria and their activities in nature and disease. A subject bibliography. 2 vols.

Supplements were published: 1938-1975, 8 vols., 1941-82.

1939

#5087.2

A study in active immunization against pertussis.

Pertussis vaccine.

1939

#6465.1

Navajo medicine man. Sandpaintings and legends of Miguelito from the John Frederick Huckel Collection

Navajo sandpaintings are traditionally made only for the healing ceremony in which they are used, and then destroyed. This book contains superb reproductions on sand-colored paper of watercolor versions of the sandpai…

1939

#6231

Prediction and prevention of late pregnancy accidents in diabetes.

First report of hormone treatment. Written with R.S. Titus, E.P. Joslin, and H. Hunt.

1939

#14362

Atlas of surgical operations

Considered a new type of surgical textbook, with particularly remarkable illustrations by Codding. The work, which was initially used as a field guide for American military personnel during World War II, remained in p…

1940

#1173.1

Interstitial cell stimulating hormone. II. Method of preparation and some physico-chemical studies.

Choh Hao Li and colleagues isolated of the interstitial cell stimulating (luteinizing) hormone.

1940

#5224

Complement-fixation test in lymphogranuloma venereum.

Diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum by complement-fixation test. With G. W. Rake and M. F. Shaffer.

1940

#5259

Klinische und parasitologische Befunde und chemotherapeutische Ergebnisse bei der Hühnermalaria.

Discovery of the developmental forms of P. gallinaceum in the incubation period.

1941

#2417

A new serologically active phospholipid from beef heart.

Cardiolipin antigen for serological diagnosis of syphilis. For isolation and purification see J. biol. Chem., 1942, 143, 247-56.

1941

#2578

The absorption of influenza virus by red cells and a new in vitro method of measuring antibodies for influenza virus.

Independently of Hirst, McClelland and Hare discovered virus hemagglutination.

1942

#2578.1

Sensitization to horse serum by means of adjuvants.

Freund’s adjuvant. Freund’s procedure allowed adjuvants to be used for any antigen.

1942

#2578.2

Pneumococcus polysaccharide as a paralyzing agent on the mechanism of immunity in white mice.

1942

#2700.01

Metabolic studies on neoplasm of bone with the aid of radioactive strontium.

Radioisotopic bone scanning. With B. Low-Beer, H. Friedell, and J. Lawrence.

1942

#5724

The use of curare in general anesthesia.

Introduction of curare in anesthesia.

1943

#1174

Adrenocorticotropic hormone.

Choh Hao Li and colleagues Isolated pure adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from sheep pituitary glands.

1943

#5765

Skin grafting. A new method based on the principles of tissue culture.

First use of fibrin glue for skin grafting. See also Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1943, 77, 510-13.

1943

#6636

History of nursing.

Second edition, History and trends of professional nursing, 1950.

1943

#8554

Women healers in medieval life and literature.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1943

#8590

Exploring the dangerous trades: The autobiography of Alice Hamilton.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1944

#532.1

In vitro ferilization and cleavage of human ovarian eggs.

First in vitro fertilization of human eggs.

1944

#1935

Streptomycin, a substance exhibiting antibiotic activity against Grampositive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Introduction of streptomycin. Order of authorship: Schatz, Gregory, Waksman. In 1952 Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for ingenious, systematic, and successful studies of the soil microbe…

1944 –1948

#2447

Indice bibliográfico de lepra, 1560-1943. 3 vols.

Supplements 1-5, 1952-62.

1944

#2659.2

“Folic acid” a tumor growth inhibitor.

Inhibition of tumor growth by a folic acid concentrate. With R. Lewisohn, D. Laszlo. These workers later (Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. N. Y., 1944, 56, 144-45) obtained similar results with xanthopterin.

1944

#3412.1

The ascertainment of deafness in infancy and early childhood.

Tests of hearing in children.

1945

#1175.1

Isolation and properties of the anterior hypophyseal growth hormone.

Choh Hao Li and colleagues isolated the anterior pituitary growth hormone.

1945

#1936

Bacitracin: a new antibiotic produced by a member of the B, subtilis group.

With H. Anker and F. L. Meleney.

1945

#3043

The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart in which there is pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia.

The “Blalock-Taussig operation” for the relief of congenital defects of the pulmonary artery, Tetralogy of Fallot ("blue baby syndrome"). "The first surgical repair was carried out in 1944 at Johns Hopkins.[70] The pr…