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1927

#7227

Die Ohrenkrankheiten im Kindesalter mit Einschuss der Grenzgebiete.

The first work on pediatric ear diseases, dedicated to the author's teacher, Adam Politzer. Alexander "was assassinated on the street between his home and the Poliklinik by Johann Sokoup, a Czechoslovakian former pati…

1929

#4397

Sur une forme de dystrophie osseuse familiale.

“Morquio’s disease”, eccentro-osteochondrodysplasia.

1929

#4397.1

Chondro-osteo-dystrophy. Roentgenographic and clinical features of a child with dislocation of vertebrae.

Morquio–Brailsford disease (see No. 4397).

1930

#4507

The relationship of throat infection to acute rheumatism in childhood.

Schlesinger showed that hemolytic streptococcal infection was a cause of acute rheumatism in children.

1930

#11324

The infant welfare movement in the eighteenth century.

1931

#6356

The history of paediatrics. The progress of the study of diseases of children up to the end of the XVIIIth century.

This work covers the whole field of pediatrics to the end of the 18th century. It is a very readable, interesting and accurate history of the subject. Reprinted Folkstone, 1965. See No. 4503.

1932

#14087

Erythroblastosis fetalis and its association with universal edema of the fetus, icterus gravis neonatorum and anemia of the newborn.

The authors described and named this syndrome/illness of newborns for the first time, including pathological findings, clinical data, lab abnormalities, presentation and course of illness. Order of authorship in the o…

1933

#3725

Scurvy treated with ascorbic acid.

First case of infantile scurvy cured by the administration of ascorbic acid.

1934

#5543

An investigation of the etiology of mumps.

Isolation of mumps virus.

1934

#10609

An atlas of infant behavior: A systematic delineation of the forms and early growth of human behavior patterns... illustrated with 3,200 action photographs. Vol. l: Normative series, in collaboration with Helen Thompson and Catherine S. Amatruda. Selected bibliographies (p. 45). Vol. 2: Naturalistic series, in collaboration with Alice V. Keliher, Frances L. Ilg, and Jessie J. Carlson. (2 vols.)

Gesell, who originated the Child Study Center at Yale University, was the founder of the study of child development in the United States. He is best known for his groundbreaking studies of normal child development: be…

1936

#13044

Collected writings. With a biographical memoir by Abraham Flexner. 2 vols.

1937

#8751

The history of the acute exanthemata.

Smallpox, chicken pox, scarlet fever, measles and German measles. Rolleston was the brother of Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston.

1937

#12185

A combination resuscitator and incubator for new-born infants.

In 1931 Robert Bauer invented the first incubator to combine heat, oxygen, and humidity. Abstract: "The apparatus herein described was built in July 1931 to meet in a practical way the well established needs of the pr…

1938

#3148.2

Recherches sur l’anémie érythroblastique infantile des peuples de la Méditerranée orientale. Étude anthropologique, étiologique et pathogénique. La transmission héréditaire de la maladie.

First evidence that thalassemia is genetically determined. Earlier report in Kliniki, Athens, 1936, 12, No. 5.

1938

#5506.2

Die Röteln sind eine Viruskrankheit.

Successful transfer of rubella to children by means of filtered nasal washings.

1938

#14088

Icterus gravis (erythroblastosis) neonatorum.

Darrow was the first to identify the cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Three years prior to the discovery of antibodies against the Rh antigen, Darrow correctly hypothesized that the disease was caused …

1939

#3039

Surgical ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus: Report of first successful case.

One of the earliest successful surgical repairs for congenital heart disease. See also later paper in Ann. Surg.,1939, 110, 321-56.

1941

#5096

Sulfanilylguanidine in the treatment of acute bacillary dysentery in children.

E. K. Marshall, A. C. Bratton, L. B. Edwards, and E. L. Walker were the first to use sulphaguanidine in the treatment of bacillary dysentery.

1941

#6357.57

Abdominal surgery of infancy and childhood.

Ladd pioneered the development of pediatric surgery in the United States. Robert E. Gross, his chief resident, succeeded to his position at Boston Children’s Hospital.

1942

#5989

Extreme prematurity and fibroblastic overgrowth of persistent vascular sheath behind each crystalline lens. I. Preliminary report.

Retrolental fibroplasia first described. See also the same volume, pp. 1409-23, and Trans. Sect. Ophthal. Amer. med. Ass., 1942, 213-29, for later papers.

1943

#5509

Congenital defects in infants following infectious diseases during pregnancy.

Figures demonstrating that rubella in the first or second month of pregnancy always results in an abnormal infant. With A. L. Tostevin, B. Moore, H. Mayo, and G. H. B. Black.

1943

#6357

Pioneers of pediatrics. 2nd ed.

1943

#6357.58

Congenital atresia of the esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula. Extrapleural ligation of fistula and end-to-end anastomosis of esophageal segments.

Ablation of the tracheo-oesophageal fistula and primary end-to-end oesophageal anastomosis, first achieved in 1941.

1944

#3412.1

The ascertainment of deafness in infancy and early childhood.

Tests of hearing in children.

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…

1946

#11819

The common sense book of baby and child care.

One of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication in 1946, and 50 million by the time of Spock's death in 1998. As of 2011, the book had bee…

1947

#2878

Congenital malformations of the heart.

This 618-page work, which required ten years to write, was the first "definitive textbook" of congenital heart defects, a subspecialty of pediatrics that Taussig created. The second edition, published in 1960, was ess…

1948

#3107.1

Replacement transfusion as a treatment for erythroblastosis fetalis.

Exchange transfusion.

1948

#4154.1

Melanomas of childhood.

Spitz first defined the histologic criteria for the diagnosis of juvenile melanoma.

1948

#5545

An unidentified, filterable agent isolated from the feces of children with paralysis.

Isolation of the Coxsackie virus from the stool of a patient residing in Coxsackie, New York.

1948

#11766

Congenital anaomies of the heart and great vessels. Clinicopathologic study of 132 ases.

An extensively illustrated pathological-anatomical and physiological presentation with an historical approach.

1949

#4914

Revascularization of the brain through establishment of a cervical arteriovenous fistula. Effects in children with mental retardation and convulsive disorders.

With C. F. McKhann and W. D. Belnap.

1950

#12821

The diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders in childhood and adolescence.

The first textbook of pediatric endocrinology.

1953

#6357.59

The surgery of infancy and childhood.

Gross developed the specialty of pediatric surgery, inventing numerous operations. This was the first modern comprehensive textbook on the subject.

1953

#12184

A proposal for a new method of evaluation of the newborn infant.

The Apgar score for summarizing the health of newborn children, based on skin color, pulse rate, reflex irritability, muscle tone, and respiratory effort. These form a backronym, referring back to the author: Appearan…

1954

#3924.3

A new syndrome: progressive familial infantile cerebral dysfunction associated with unusual urinary substance.

Maple syrup urine disease described. With P. L. Hurst and J. M. Craig.

1955

#8391

The Ramesseum papyri. Edited by Sir Alan Gardiner. 2 vols.

A collection of ancient Egyptian medical documents from the early 18th century BCE, found in the temple of the Ramesseum. As with most ancient Egyptian medical papyri, these documents mainly concern ailments, diseases…

1955

#10995

Intracardiac surgery with the aid of a mechanical pump oxygenator system (Gibbon type): Report of eight cases.

Co-authored with JW Dushane, RT Patrick, DE Donald, PS Hetzel and EH Wood, "Kirklin refined the heart-lung machine (screen type) originally developed by Gibbon, to the point that it allowed the person to receive oxyge…

1956

#2353.1

Freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccination of newborn infants with a British vaccine.

Freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccine.

1956

#9367

Soranus' Gynecology. Translated by Owsei Temkin with the assistance of Nicolson J. Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, and Alan F. Guttmacher.

1958 –1959

#2660.12

A sarcoma involving the jaws in African children.

Burkitt’s lymphoma (African lymphoma), first described in detail by Sir Albert Cook, a medical missionary, but not published by him.

1958

#12971

Influence of light on the hyperbilirubinaemia of infants.

In 1956 Sister Jean Ward of the Premature Unit of the Rochford General Hospital in Essex, England noted the benefit of phototherapy when she took infants outside because she assumed that fresh air had healing benefits…

1959

#6357.01

Catalogue of the Clifford G. Grulee collection on pediatrics.

4404 entries. The rare books formerly in the John Crerar Library are now in the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago.

1959

#12969

Standards for height and weight of British children from birth to maturity.

Tanner established "normal" parameters for ranking the height and weight of children by percentile during growth. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

1962

#8893

The battered-child syndrome.

"In 1962, Dr. C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues led the identification and recognition of child abuse with the defining paper, The Battered Child Syndrome. This paper was regarded as the single most significant event …

1963

#3924.4

A simple phenylalanine method for detecting phenylketonuria in large populations of newborn infants.

Bacterial inhibition test for phenylketonuria.

1963

#4435.6

Injuries involving the epiphyseal plate.

Standard classification of growth plate fractures in children.

1964

#14197

A familial disorder of uric acid metabolism and central nervous system dysfunction.

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a rare inherited disorder that affects about 1 in 380,000 live births. In their summary the authors described this as a new "syndrome consisting of hyperuricemia, mental retardation, choreoatheto…

1965

#7860

Historia de la pediatría española.

1966

#6357.1

Chronik der Kinderheilkunde. 4te. Aufl.