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2020

#12466

Georges Cuvier’s historical portrait of the progress of ichthyology, from Its origins to our own time. Second edition, revised and enlarged, edited and annotated by T. W. Pietsch, translated from the French by A. J. Simpson.

2012 –2018

#12465

Cuvier’s History of the natural sciences Vol. 1: Twenty-four lessons from antiquity to the renaissance, translated from the French by A. J. Simpson. Vol. 2: Nineteen lessons from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, translated from the French by B. D. Marx. Vol. 3: Twenty lessons from the first half of the eighteenth century. Edited and annotated by T. W. Pletsch.

Annotated English editions and translation of Cuvier's 5 volume Histoire des sciences naturelles, depuis leur origine jusqu’a nos jours, originally published in French from 1841 to 1845.

2019

#12464

Pharmaciens au Muséum: Chimistes et naturalistes.

"When it was created in 1626 le Jardin royal des plantes medicinales had three chairs: those of Demonstateur des plantes, Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Operations. Apothecaries at the Jardin challenged the Sorbonne by …

2004

#12463

Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies.

"Founded in 1635, the Royal Garden of Medicinal Plants became the National Museum of Natural History during the French Revolution, with magisterial chairs which were suppressed in 1985. During this 350-year period mor…

1861

#12462

Bibliotheca zoologica. Verzeichniss der Schriften über zoologie, welche in den Periodischen werken enthalten und vom Jahre 1846-1860 selbständig erschienen Sind. Mit Einschluss der allgemein-naturgeschichtlichen periodischen und palaeontologischen Schriften. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1846

#12461

Bibliotheca historico-naturalis. Verzeichniss der bücher über naturgeschichte, welche in Deutschland, Scandinavien, Holland, England, Frankreich, Italien und Spanien in den jahren 1700-1846 erschienen sind.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1929

#12460

A revision of the genus Gorilla.

Basis of the modern taxonomy of the genus Gorilla. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1930

#12459

The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo based on the observations made and material collected during the Harvard African Expedition, 1926-1927. Edited by Richard P. Strong. 2 vols.

"The Harvard Medical African Expedition of 1926-1927 was an eight-man venture sent by Harvard University for the primary purpose of conducting a medical and biological survey of Liberia; the secondary purpose being to…

1955

#12458

The lung: Clinical physiology and pulmonary function tests.

Comroe and associates at the University of Pennsylvania introduced pulmonary function tests developed by physiologists into clinical practice. Comroe invented several of the tests described in the book.

1905

#12457

Auscultation of the rhythmic sounds produced by the stomach and intestines.

Cannon reported on the rhythmic sounds made by the GI tract, mostly basing his observations on his own abdomen. This may be the first serous study of this topic.

1894

#12456

Quelques observations expérimentales sur l'influence de l'insomnie absolue.

The first experimental study of sleep deprivation. Manaseina "performed her experimental investigation on 10 puppies (2, 3, or 4 months old), fed by their mothers, by keeping the animals in constant activity. The expe…

1909

#12455

An experimental study of sleep. (From the Physiological Laboratory of the Harvard Medical School and from Sidis' Laboratory).

Sidis emphasized his physiological approach in the wording of the title of this book. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1896

#12454

Le sommeil, tiers de notre vie. Pathologie, physiologie, hygiène, psychologie. Traduit de Russe avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par Ernest Jaubert.

Perhaps the first book on the physiology of sleep. The author examines the physiology, pathology, hygiene, and psychology of sleep, including the differences between the waking and sleeping states, the general phenome…

1990

#12453

Dictionary of protopharmacology: Therapeutic practices, 1700-1850.

2016

#12452

The development of sleep medicine: A historical sketch.

Extensively bibliographical. Available from PubMedCentral at this link.

1843

#12451

A treatise on food and diet: With observations on the dietetical regimen suited for disordered states of the digestive organs; and an account of the dietaries of some of the principal metropolitan and other establishments for paupers, lunatics, criminals, children, the sick, &c.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1957

#12450

Cyclic variation in EEG during sleep and their relation to eye movements, body motility and dreaming.

The authors conducted the first intensive study of the relationship between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and dreaming.

1953

#12449

Regularly occurring periods of eye motility, and concomitant phenomena, during sleep.

Aserinsky, one of Kleitman's graduate students, decided to hook sleepers up to an early version of an electroencephalogram machine, which scribbled across 1⁄2 mile (800 m) of paper each night. In the process, Aserinsk…

1939

#12448

Sleep and wakefulness as alternating phases in the cycle of existence.

Discusses phases of the sleep cycle, experimental work on sleep and wakefulness, sleep disorders and their treatment, and such sleep-like states as hypnosis and hibernation.

1913

#12447

Le problème physiologique du sommeil.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1921

#12446

Origin and history of all the pharmacopeial vegetable drugs, chemicals and preparations with bibliography... Prepared under the auspices of and published by the American Drug Manufacturers' Association, Washington, D.C. Vol. 1 Vegetable drugs

Lloyd comprehensively collected and studied the historical literature, citing it throughout the text and in the numerous bibliographies of specific drugs in this work. The book includes a bibliography of historical so…

1830

#12445

The philosophy of sleep.

An early attempt at a comprehensive analysis of sleep from the medical point of view, including topics such as "Night-Mare", "Day-Mare", "Sleep-Walking," Sleep-Talking," Sleeplessness, Waking Dreams, Drowiness, Trance…

1974

#12444

Before Silent Spring: Pesticides and public health in pre-DDT America.

1972

#12443

Geschichte der Pharmazeutischen Chemie.

1968 –1975

#12442

Lexikon zur Arzneimittelgeschichte. Sachwörterbuch zur Geschichte der pharmazeutische Botanik, Chemie, Mineralogie, Pharmakologie, Zoologie. Band 1: Tierische Drogen, Band 2: Pharmakologische Arzneimittelgruppen, Band 3: Pharmazeutische Chemikalien und Mineralien, Band 4: Geheimmittel und Spezialitäten, Band 5: Pflanzliche Drogen, Band 6: Ergänzungen zu Band 3, Band 7: Register. (7 vols. in 9)

2015

#12441

Vaccine nation: America's changing relationship with immunization.

2011

#12440

Using a pan-viral microarray assay (Virochip) to screen clinical samples for viral pathogens.

Direct link to the Journal of Visualized Experiments, JOVE.com: https://www.jove.com/video/2536/using-pan-viral-microarray-assay-virochip-to-screen-clinical-samples Using a Pan-Viral Microarray Assay (Virochip) to Scr…

2002

#12439

Microarray-based detection and genotyping of viral pathogens.

First publication of DeRisi's microarray assay for the detection and genotyping of viral pathogens. "To address the limitations of existing viral detection methodologies, we have developed a genomic approach to virus …

1901

#12438

Die Schutzstoffe des Blutes.

In this paper on humoral immunity in humans Ehrlich addressed the bacteriocidal property of the blood, attributing that to antibodies and antitoxins. Digital facsimile from pei.de at this link. (Thanks to Juan Weiss f…

c. 1902

#12437

Ueber die Beziehungen von chemischer Constitution. Vertheilung und pharmakologischer Wirkung: Vortrag, gehalten im Verein für Innere Medicin am 12. December 1898.

In this speech Ehrlich explained how the molecular structure of a drug can define its action and function. It represents his first attempts at modifying the molecular structure of a compound in order to tailor the in …

1994

#12436

A new coccidian parasite (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from humans.

Based on very high magnification electron transmission micrographs and contrast microscopy, Ortega and colleagues fully characterized the parasite and named it Cyclospora cayetanensis n. sp., naming it after Universid…

1993

#12435

Cyclospora species - A new protozoan pathogen of humans.

Ortega and colleagues identified a novel parasite resembling C. muris in the feces of Peruvian patients and 2 U.S. patients, with symptoms resembling those of infections with Cryptosporidium. The parasite infected bot…

1976

#12434

Acute enterocolitis in a human being infected with the protozoan Cryptosporidium.

First report of infection by Cryptosporidium in a human being. "Abstract "A 3-year-old child with severe acute self-limited enterocolitis was found on rectal biopsy to be infected with the protozoal parasite Cryptospo…

1912

#12433

Cryptosporidium parvum (sp. nov.) a coccidium found in the small intestine of the common mouse.

Tyzzer described an even smaller species of cryptosporidium, Cryptosporidium parvum (sp. nov.), later recognized as the chief species infecting humans. His paper reproduced color lithographs of all the different life …

1907

#12432

A sporozoan found in the peptic glands of the common mouse.

Tyzzer first identified cryptosporidium in mice and named it Cryptosporidium muris, spec. nov. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

2008

#12431

Madness to mental illness: A history of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

1995

#12430

Exploring the cell membrane: Conceptual developments. Edited by A. Kleinzeller. (Comprehensive biochemistry, Neuberger & van Deenen, eds., vol. 39).

1993

#12429

The molecular vision of life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology.

1963

#12428

The distribution of colony-forming cells among spleen colonies.

Evidence that stem cells are capable of self-renewal. (Order of authorship in the original publication: Siminovitch, McCullch, Till). Digital facsimile from tspace.library.utoronto.ca at this link.

1963

#12427

Cytological demonstration of the clonal nature of spleen colonies derived from transplanted mouse marrow cells.

McCulloch and Till discovered the blood-forming stem cell, the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC), through their pioneering work in mice. McCulloch and Till began a series of experiments in which bone marrow cells were inj…

1909

#12426

Der Lymphozyt als gemeinsame Stammzelle der verschiedenen Blutelemente in der embryonalen Entwicklung und im postfetalen Leben der Säugetiere.

Maximow developed and introduced a unitarian theory of hematopoiesis, a theory upon which the modern concept of blood cells' origin and differentiation is based. He introduced the term "stem cell." Translated into Eng…

2018

#12425

Science and medicine in Imperial Russia. Second edition.

Concerns the development of medicine, chemistry and biology in Russia before the revolution.

1851

#12424

The Mesmeric mania of 1851, with a physiological explanation of the phenomena produced. A lecture.

Bennett provided a scientific explanation for then current mass hysteria or group hypnosis in Edinburgh. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1842

#12423

On the parasitic fungi found growing in living animals.

Bennett confirmed and extended the observations and experiments of Gruby concerning the mycodermatous vegetations found in the crusts of the disease called Tinea favosa, or Zorigo lupinosa of Bateman; he announced the…

1976

#12422

Die arabische Medizin im lateinischen Mittelalter (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akad. der Wiss., Math. naturw. Klasse, Jrhrg. 1976, 2. Abh.)

2011

#12421

The last slave market: Dr. John Kirk and the struggle to end the East African slave trade.

1965

#12420

The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr. John Kirk, 1858-63. Edited by Reginald Foskett. 2 vols.

1872

#12419

Eine Methode Aus Der Einen Lippe Substanzverluste Der Anderen zu Ersetzen.

The Abbe-Estlander operation, transferring a full-thickness flap from one lip of the oral cavity to fill a defect in the other lip.

1879

#12418

Resektion af refben vid kroniskt empyem. C. R. Sur la résection des côtes dans l'empyème chronique.

Esklander proposed a new method of surgery, involving sectioning of the ribs, to cure a condition previously considered incurable caused by chronic purulent pleurisy.

1886

#12417

A system of hygienic medicine, or the only rational way of treating disease.

"In place of orthodox medicine, he [Allinson] promoted health through diet, exercise, fresh air and bathing. He advocated a vegetarian diet and the avoidance of alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea. He especially promoted…