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1954
#12968
The anaesthetist's viewpoint on the treatment of respiratory complications in poliomyelitis during the epidemic in Copenhagen, 1952.
Ibsen developed the first Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during the polio epidemic in Copenhagen in 1952, formally setting up the unit in 1953 in a converted student nurse classroom in the Municipal Hospital in Copenhagen.…
1883
#12967
De la couveuse pour enfants. Part 5: Description d'une nouvelle couveuse.
Auvert described a new and improved closed incubator inspired by a bird/poultry incubator that Tarnier saw at a Paris zoo, and had adapted for human babies by the bird incubator's inventor, Dr. Martin. Tarnier used th…
1857
#12966
Berceau incubateur pour les enfants nés avant terme.
This brief notice, about 400 words long, citing no references, was the first published account of an incubator for premature infants. Denucé built a double-walled zinc tub in which the space between the walls was fill…
2007
#12965
The diploid genome sequence of an individual human.
The first genome sequence of a single human (Craig Venter), including analysis and comments on his genetic markers, and their possible medical and prognosticating implications. (Order of authorship in the original pub…
1939 –2015
#12964
The collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek / Alle de Brieven van Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. Edited, illustrated & annotated by a committee of Dutch scientists. 17 vols. through 2015.
1986
#12963
Henrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus: A contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany
1980
#12962
Suśruta Samhita: A scientific synopsis
1980
#12961
Caraka Samhita: A scientific synopsis.
1913 –1922
#12960
Pratyaksa-śārira: pratyaksha-shariram: A textbook of human anatomy in Sanskrit with English & Sanskrit introductions, containing a short history of Ayurvedic literature. 3 vols.
1917
#12959
The Indian operation of couching for cataract. Incorporating The Hunterian Lectures....
Prefaced by an extensive historical introduction; the remainder of the text being of historical significance in the 21st century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1726
#12958
Danubius pannonico-mysicus, observationibus geographicis, astronomicis, hydrographicis, historicis, physicis perlustratus et in sex tomos digestus. 6 vols.
An extensive illustrated work, with 283 copperplate engravings, on the natural history of the Danube river, the longest river in central Europe, which runs from southern Germany into Austria, through Slovakia, Hungary…
1987
#12957
Liber minor de coitu: Tratado menor de andrología anónimo Salernitano: Edicíon crítica, traducción y notas, by Enrique Montero Cartelle.
1983
#12956
Constantini Liber de coitu: El tratado de andrología de Constantino el Africano. Edited by Enrique Montero Cartelle.
2010
#12955
Tipologia de la literatura médica latina. Antigüedad, edad media, renacimiento.
1847
#12954
On the inhalation of the vapour of ether.
Appearing in March, 1847, this was Snow's first publication on anesthesia. It contains the first description and illustration of his regulating inhaler, the first such device to control the amount of ether vapor recei…
2001
#12953
The knowing of woman's kind in childing: A Middle English version of material derived from the "Trotula" and other sources. (Medieval women: Texts and contexts, 4). Edited by Alexandra Barratt.
The core of this text is an Englished version of a 13th-century Anglo-Norman translation of the Trotula. The redactor also incorporated the "Non omnes quidem" version of Muscio, amplifying the meager obstetrical mater…
1904 –1924
#12952
Bibliotheca Sinica: Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs à l'empire Chinois. Deuxième édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée. 4 vols. (1904-1908), plus Supplement (1923-1945).
The "standard enumerative bibliography" of 70,000 works on China up to 1921, including the full titles, tables of contents, and annotations regarding many books. Cordier was able to achieve this despite having only mi…
1793 –1795
#12951
A specimen of the botany of New Holland
The first published book on the flora of Australia, issued by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795. It included 16 hand-colored plates reproducing paintings by Sowerby, mostly based on sketches by John White, a…
1793
#12950
A sketch of a tour on the Continent, in the years 1786 and 1787. 3 vols.
Includes an index to the natural history aspects that Smith recorded. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1896
#12949
Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks...during Captain Cook's first voyage in H.M.S. Edeavour in 1766-71 to Terra de Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies. Etc. Edited by Sir Joseph D. Hooker.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1877
#12948
Les oiseaux de la Chine. Avec un atlas de 124 planches, dessinées et lithographiées par M. Arnoul et coloriées au pinceau. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1884 –1888
#12947
Plantae Davidianae ex Sinarum Imperio: Première partie: Plantes de Mongolie du Nord et du Centre de la Chine. Deuxieme Partie: Plantes du Thibet Oriental (Province de Moupine)
Catalogue of the very extensive collection of plants collected by the Lazarist missionary Father Armand David for the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle during his three major naturalist expeditions in China, Mongolia and Tib…
1584
#12946
Observationes medicae de capite humano: Hoc est, exempla capitis morborum , causarum signorum, evetuum, curationum, ut singularia, sic abdita & monstrosa, ex clariss. medicorum, veterum simul & recentiorum scriptis.
This work Schenck described his personal observations of language disorders, along with the observations of other physicians. He has been called a pioneer of neurolinguistics. Digital facsimile from Google Books at th…
1551
#12945
Curationum medicinalium centuria prima, multiplici variaque rerum cognitione referta. Praexfixa est eiusdem auctoris commentatio, in qua docetur, quomodo se medicus habere debeat in introitu ad aegrotantem, simulque de crisi, & diebus decretoriis, in qui artem medicam exercent, & quotidie pro salute aegrotorum in collegium descendunt longe utilissima.
Lusitano has been credited with early recognition of the circulation of the blood. How much he might have understood the circulation remains in doubt; however, through dissections of the Azygos vein, he was the first …
1902
#12944
Napoléon et Larrey: Récits inédits de la revolution et de l’empire.
Some copies of this book include 8 of the 16 plates hand-colored; an unusual manual process for a book produced at this date.
1902
#12943
Dominique Larrey et les compagnes de la révolution et de l'empire 1768-1842. Étude historique aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles d'après documents inédits. Journal et agendas de compagnes. Notes manuscrites. Correspondance officielle et privée.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link
1803
#12942
Rélation historique et chirurgicale de I’expedition de l'Armée d’Orient, en Egypte et en Syrie.
Larrey's history of his experiences with Napoleon and Napoleon's armies during the Egypt campaign. Includes a reprint of Larrey's treatise on trachoma, which was first published at Napoleon's press in Cairo. Digital f…
1843 –1856
#12941
A history of British birds. 3 vols. plus 2 Supplements. (5 vols.)
According to its preface, Yarrell's British Birds was first published "in thirty-seven parts of three sheets each, at intervals of two months; the first Part was issued in July 1837 and the last in May 1843. The sheet…
1877 –2021
#12940
Biographical memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Personal and scholarly views of America's most distinguished scientists.
http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/ "Published since 1877, Biographical Memoirs provide the life histories and selected bibliographies of deceased National Academy of Sciences members. Colleagu…
1996 –2018
#12939
The history of neuroscience in autobiography, edited by Tom Albright and Larry R. Squire. 10 vols.
"The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography is a collection of autobiographical chapters, edited by Tom Albright and Larry R. Squire, that details the lives and discoveries of eminent senior neuroscientists. "During…
1991
#12938
Mapping the brain and its functions: Integrating enabling technologies into neuroscience research. Edited by Constance M. Pechura and Joseph B. Martin. Committee on a National Neural Circuitry Database....
The digital edition is available from nap.edu at this link.
1828
#12937
De foetu humano: Adnotationes anatomicae quibus praemissis viro perillustri Samueli Thomae de Soemmerring ... doctoratus in medicina impetrati semisaecularia gratulatur Universitas Literarum Regiomontana. Interprete Carlo Friderico Burdach.
Reproduction of a drawing by Soemmerring of the first stages of embryonic development visible with the naked eye, with a note by Burdach. Digital facsimile from Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.
1976
#12936
The oral manifestations of systemic disease.
1925
#12935
The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the permanent dentition. By Walter Hess. [with] The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the deciduous dentition and of the first permanent molars
1965
#12934
The dental pulp. Biologic considerations of dental procedures.
1940
#12933
Root canal therapy.
1898
#12932
Die Krankheiten des Mundes.
1839 –1850
#12931
American Library of Dental Science. 10 vols.
This was a series of American editions, and first English translations, of then-standard or classic works, most of which remain classics in dental literature. The volumes were listed by Weinberger (1938) as follows: V…
1737
#12930
L’Art de conserver les dents. Ouvrage utile & nécessaire, non seulement aux jeunes gens qui se destinent à la profession de chirurgien-dentiste, mais encore à toutes les personnes qui veulent avoir les dents belles & nettes.
The first significant French book on dentistry after Fauchard. Geraudly's "book...contributed to the diffusion of dental knowledge relative to dental prophylaxis and therapeutics, but apart from this brought no increm…
1938
#12929
Early dental literature.
A narrative analysis of dental literature up to about 1850, with bibliographical listings of the earliest classics from various countries. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
1746
#12928
Experiences et demonstrations faites à l'Hôpital de la Salpêtriere, & à S. Côme en présence de l'Académie Royale de Chirurgie. Pour servir de suite & de preuves a l'Essai sur les maladies des dents, & c. Et une pharmacie odontalogique, ou Traité des médicamens, simples & composés propres aux maladies des dents, & des différentes parties de la bouche, à l'usage des dentistes.
In this follow-up to his book published in 1743 Bunon proved the assertions of his earlier Essai through a series of dental researches conducted on patients at the Salpêtrière and at the hospital of St. Côme--the firs…
2013
#12927
History of orthodontics.
This history covers 19th century and earlier developments but emphasizes 20th century material including "History of dental lasers and their applications in orthodontics," "History of of Invisalign," etc.
1841
#12926
On the structure, economy, and pathology of the human teeth, with careful instructions for their preservation and culture: And concise descriptions of the best modes of surgical treatment; equally adapted to the uses of the medical practitioner, the student in medicine, and the public.
The author described himself as "Surgeon. Surgical and Mechanical Dentist." Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1498
#12925
Chirurgia. Add: Brunus Longoburgensis: Chirurgia magna et minor; Bonaventura de Castello: Recepta aquae balnei de Porrecta; Theodoricus Cerviensis: Chirurgia; Rolandus: Libellus de chirurgia; Lanfrancus Mediolanensis: Chirurgia; Rogerius: Practica; Leonardus Bertapalia: Recollectae super quarto libro Avicennae.
This late 15th century edition of the surgery of Guy de Chauliac also contained the first printed editions of various lesser-known medieval surgeries such as those by Bruno da Longoburgo and Leonardo Bertapaglia. It a…
1994
#12924
Antique hearing devices.
1921
#12923
A century of dental art. A centenary memoir 1820-1921.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1959
#12922
Notes et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'art dentaire et à l'étude de l'évolution scientifique de l'odonto-stomatologie en France.
1857
#12921
Étude sur le développement des dents humaines. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine.
1877
#12920
Traité des anomalies du système dentaire chez l'homme et les mammifères. Avec un atlas de 20 planches dessinées et gravées par C. Nicolet.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1989
#12919