Facets

1902 –1909

#10875

A history of Hindu chemistry from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century, A.D. With Sanskrit texts, variants, translation and illustrations. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile of the 1903 revised 2nd ed. plus the 1st ed. of vol. 2 from the Internet Archive at this link.

1904

#726

Ueber einen in biologischer Beziehung wichtigen Einfluss, den die Kohlensäurespannung des Blutes auf dessen Sauerstoffbindung übt.

Bohr, Hasselbalch, and Krogh showed, in the experimental animal, that the affinity of blood for oxygen depends upon carbon dioxide pressure. This became known as the Bohr effect, though the discovery may have been mad…

1904

#1

The code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon about 2000 BCE. Autographed text, transliteration, translation, glossary, index of subjects, lists of proper names, signs, numerals, corrections, and erasures, with map, frontispiece, and photograph of text by Robert Francis Harper.

The Code of Hammurabi was found among the cuneiform tablets of the library of Ashurbanipal. It is now in the Louvre. It was first published in Scheil, "Textes élamites-sémitiques. Deuxième série: accompagné de 20 plan…

1905

#727

Abbau und Aufbau der Eiweisskörper im tierischen Organismus.

1905

#728

Die Abbau aromatischer Fettsäuren im Tierkörper.

ß-oxidation theory.

1905

#729

Zur Erkenntnis der Kolloide.

1905

#1893.2

On the reaction of cells and of nerve-endings to certain poisons, chiefly as regards the reaction of striated muscle to nicotine and to curari.

Langley introduced the concept of a receptor substance present in the biological object with which a drug has to interact in order to exert its biological effect. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1906

#1045

The elements of the science of nutrition.

A classic exposition of respiratory and intermediary metabolism. Fourth edition, 1928. Reprint of Lusk’s personal annotated copy of the fourth edition, with biography and bibliography of his writings, New York, Johnso…

1906 –1923

#730

Untersuchungen über Aminosäuren, Polypeptide und Proteine. 2 vols.

In a series of papers, Fischer showed that animal and vegetable proteins are composed of a series of amino-acids united by elimination of water.

1906

#730.1

Note upon the presence of amino-acids in the blood and lymph as determined by the ß naphthalinsulphochloride reaction.

Demonstration of the presence of amino-acids in the blood.

1906

#731

On carbohydrate metabolism.

1906

#732

The importance of individual amino-acids in metabolism.

Demonstration of the importance of tryptophan in diet. The pioneer work of Hopkins led eventually to the discovery of vitamins.

1906

#8473

Bibliotheca chemica: A catalogue of the alchemical, chemical and pharmaceutical books in the collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris....by John Ferguson. 2 vols.

One of the great landmarks of descriptive scientific bibliography. With bibliographical details of each work, biographical notices of each writer, and exhaustive lists of references in chronological order, its scope a…

1906

#12297

Höheklima und Bergwanderungen in ihrer Wirkung auf den Menschen. Ergebnisse experimenteller Forschungen im Hochgebirge und Laboratorium.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1907

#1027

The influence of inanition on metabolism.

1907

#733

Lactic acid in amphibian muscle.

Explanation of the production of lactic acid in normal muscular contraction.

1907

#2564.1

Immunochemistry. The application of the principles of physical chemistry to the study of the biological antibodies.

Arrhenius defined immunochemistry, and laid out its frontiers.

1907

#3781

Pathogénie de l’ictère de l’adulte.

“Minkowski–Chauffard disease” (see No. 3779).

1907

#3783

Ictères hémolytiques non congénitaux avec anémie.

“Widal-Abrami disease” (Hayem-Widal disease), acquired hemolytic anemia. (See also No. 3777.)

1908

#734

The oxidation of butyric acid by means of hydrogen peroxide with formation of acetone, aldehydes, and other products.

See No. 735.

1908

#735

Comparative studies of the mode of oxidation of phenyl derivatives of fatty acids by the animal organism and by hydrogen peroxide.

Dakin’s oxidation theory.

1908

#736

Ueber die kleinsten Moleküle, welche die Leber zur Synthese des Glykogenes verwerten kann.

1908

#9645

Concerning the relationship between the strength of acids and their capacity to preserve neutrality.

Henderson-Hasselbalch equation for the determination of pH concentration in the blood. See Hasselbalch's paper. Digital facsimile of Henderson's paper from the American Journal of Physiology at this link. Henderson's …

1909

#737

Kapillarchemie.

1909

#738

Grundriss der Kolloidchemie.

1910

#740

Die Theorie des Haftdrucks (Oberflächendrucks) und ihre Bedeutung für die Physiologie.

1910

#739

The oxidases and other oxygen-catalysts concerned in biological oxidations.

Hygienic Laboratory.- Bulletin No. 59. December, 1909. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1912

#741

Oxidations and reductions in the animal body.

1912

#741.1

A new method for the determination of total nitrogen in urine.

Folin introduced several micro-methods for the determination of nitrogen, urea, creatine, etc.

1912

#2131

Caisson sickness, and the physiology of work in compressed air.

1912

#6917

Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen. . . . Eine quantitative Prüfung der Theorie für die Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen

Discovery of the diffraction of X-rays in crystals. Laue’s discovery was of dual importance: it allowed the subsequent investigation of X-radiation by means of wavelength determination, and it provided the means for t…

1912

#7177

Hygiene der Aeronautik und Aviatik.

Schrötter conducted a great deal of research on the physiological influence of barometric pressure and was one of the first to apply these observations to aviation medicine. Following flight tests he was the first to …

1912

#7178

Zur Physiologie und Hygiene der Luftfahrt.

Luftfahrt und Wissenschaft, herausgegeben on Joseph Stricker. Heft 3.

1913

#957

Physiological observations made on Pike’s Peak, Colorado, with special reference to adaptation to low barometric pressures.

1913

#657

Muscular work. A metabolic study.

1913

#1113

The origin and development of the lymphatic system.

1913

#1903

La synthèse des glucosides par les ferments.

Bourquelot did important work on the synthesis of glucosides; several more papers followed the one given above.

1913

#1903.1

The plant alkaloids.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1913

#11438

Die Kinetik der Invertinwirkung.

The Michaelis-Menten equation, which showed that the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction is proportional to the amount of the enzyme-substrate complex. This relationship between reaction rate and enzyme–substrate con…

1914

#741.2

On the removal of diffusible substances from the circulating blood of living animals by dialysis.

Hemodialysis. See also No. 1976. Preliminary communication in Trans Ass. Amer. Phycns., 1913, 28, 51-4. "Together with L.G. Rowntree and B.B. Turner, Abel devised what they called a "vividiffusion" apparatus, consisti…

1917

#742

Die Berechnung der Wasserstoffzahl des Blutes aus der freien und gebundenen Kohlensäure desselben, und die Sauerstoffbindung des Blutes als Funktion der Wasserstoffzahl.

Henderson-Hasselbalch equation for the determination of pH concentration in the blood. English translation in No. 1588.16. For Henderson's papers see No. 9645.

1918

#9597

Manual of medical research laboratory.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1919

#8795

Über die Anhalonium-Alkaloide I. Anhalin und Mezcalin

Synthesis of mescaline.

1920

#743

The action of the boiled pancreas extract on yeast nucleic acid.

Ribonudease.

1920

#744

Rapid colorimetric methods for the determination of phosphorus in urine and blood.

1920 –1939

#136

Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden. Edited by Emil Abderhalden. 14 vols. in 107.

The Hathi Trust maintains versions of all 107 parts, most of which are searchable to a limited extent, at this link.

1920

#13563

The nature of animal light.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Harvey later published Living light (1940) and Bioluminescence (1952). The 1952 book extended over 600 pages, and was his definitive study. (Thanks to Malcolm Jay Kott…

1921

#745

On an autoxidisable constituent of the cell.

Isolation of glutathione.

1922

#961

Respiration.

An account of the work of the Oxford School of Physiology, in particular the Pike’s Peak expedition (No. 957). Second edition, 1935, with J. G. Priestley.

1922

#660

Correlation of basal metabolic rate with pulse rate and pulse pressure.

Read’s formula for computation of basal metabolic rate.