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1984
#11363
Readings in medical artificial intelligence: The first decade. Edited by William Clancey and Edward H. Shortliffe.
1957
#11362
The principles and art of plastic surgery. 2 vols.
2007
#11361
The first man-made man: The story of two sex changes, one love affair, and a twentieth-century medical revolution.
A biography of Michael Dillon, who in the 1940s was the first successful case of female-to-male gender reassignment surgery--operations done by Sir Harold Gilles. Dillon established himself as a medical student. The b…
1900
#11360
Cases with symmetrical congenital notches in the outer part of each lid and defective development of the malar bones.
Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS), a genetic disorder characterized by deformities of the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin. Also known as mandibulofacial dysostosis.
2014
#11359
Trans bodies, Trans selves: A resource for the transgender community. Edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth.
1934
#11358
Exhibition of first editions of epochal achievements in the history of science.
Briefly annotated listings of 114 classics under the headings of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Botany, Zoology, and the Hearst Medical Papyrus. Strangely, several major medical and biological cl…
2007
#11357
Routledge international encyclopedia of queer culture. Edited by David. A. Gerstner.
1974
#11356
Conundrum.
Morris underwent male to female sex change surgery by Georges Burou in Casablanca during the 1960s. As a much-published writer, her book was one of the first to draw wide attention to the phenomenon. New edition, with…
2009
#11355
The quest for artificial intelligence.
A history of artificial intelligence in general, including medical applications, from the 18th century onward by a pioneer of artificial intelligence.
1992
#11354
Naissance d'un fléau: Histoire de la lutte contre le cancer en France (1890-1940).
Translated in English by David Madell (excluding the notes) as The fight against cancer France 1890-1940. London & New York: Routledge, 2002.
1945
#11353
Surgery of the brain.
Volume XII in Lewis' Practice of Surgery.
1944
#11352
Intracranial arterial aneurysms.
1882
#11351
Studies in pathological anatomy. Vol. 1. Plates I. - XCIII. (All Published).
Delafield's work includes striking microscopic illustrations as well as explanatory text. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1934
#11350
Benign, encapsulated tumors in the lateral ventricles of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.
1933
#11349
Benign tumors in the third ventricle of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.
2007
#11348
Deadly companions: How microbes shaped our history.
2003
#11347
The invisible enemy: A natural history of viruses.
2014
#11346
Cancer virus: The story of Epstein-Barr virus.
1895
#11345
Sur la grotte de la Mouthe (Dordogne).
The first report on the discovery and excavation of La Grotte de la Mouthe. This cave, found in 1894 and excavated by Rivière in 1895, was the fourth paleolithic cave art site discovered, after Altamira, Chabot and Pa…
1860
#11344
On the occurrence of flint implements in undisturbed beds of gravel, sand, and clay.
In the spring of 1859, in the company of Joseph Prestwich, Evans visited Abbeville to view Boucher de Perthes’ collection of flint artifacts and to observe a hand-axe in situ at St. Acheul in a deposit containing the …
1995
#11343
Whole-genome random sequencing and assembly of Haemophilus influenzae Rd.
First sequence of the complete genome of a free-living non-viral organism—Haemophilus influenzae—the bacterium that causes lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis in infants and young children. This genome c…
1998
#11342
Complete genome sequence of treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Fraser, Norris, Weinstock....Smith, Venter. Sequence of the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
2014
#11341
Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Brelsfoard, Tsiamis, Falchetto....The authors suggested that infection by Wolbachia may give a reproductive advantage to the fly that carries the parasite causing Sleep…
2014
#11340
Genome sequence of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans): Vector of African Tyrpanosomiasis.
The Internation Glossina Genome Initiative consisted of 179 collaborators. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
2005
#11339
The genome of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei.
Genome of the parasite that causes Sleeping Sickness. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
2007
#11338
Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Nene, Wortman, Lawson.... Sequence of the genome of the mosquito that transmits Zika, Yellow fever, Dengue, Chikungunya, etc. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference a…
2002
#11337
The genome sequence of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Holt, Subramanian, Halpern.... Sequence of the genome of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito that carries the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. (Thanks to Juan Weiss…
2002
#11336
Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Gardner, Hall, Fung.... Genome of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite carried by the mosquito that causes malaria in humans. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its i…
2005
#11335
Characterization of the reconstructed 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic virus.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Tumpey, Basler, Aguilar... Taubenberger. Reconstruction of the genome of the 1918 Spanish Influenza virus from frozen tissue samples from a mass grave of victims of the…
1881
#11334
Musée préhistorique
This atlas of 100 plates containing roughly 800 individual images, with accompanying text, was both a comprehensive atlas of then-known prehistoric artifact types and an attempt at their classification. Until 1902 the…
1873
#11333
Découverte d’un squelette humain de l’époque paléolithique dans les cavernes des Baoussé-Roussé dites grottes de Menton.
In March 1872 Rivière discovered an entire fossil human skeleton in a cave at Menton, in the south of France near the Italian border. The skeleton, later known as “Menton man,” closely resembles the Cro-Magnon remains…
1943 –1955
#11332
Catalogue of the Ferguson collection of books mainly relating to alchemy, chemistry, witchcraft and gypsies in the Library of the University of Glasgow. 2 vols. including Supplement (1955).
Due to wartime paper rationing only 40 copies of the first printing of the catalogue were published when it was issued in 1943; it was reprinted in the 21st century. Ferguson is best known as the author of the extensi…
1968 –1977
#11331
Alchemy and the occult; a catalogue of books and manuscripts from the collection of Paul and Mary Mellon given to Yale University Library. Compiled by Ian MacPhail, with essays by R. P. Multhauf and Aniela Jaffé and additional notes by William McGuire. 4 vols.
1911
#11330
La publicité suggestive théorie et technique.
Probably the first book on the application of hynosis in advertising. Gérin was professor at the Institut commercial de Paris, and his book was published in a series on "Les procedés modernes de vente." His book inclu…
1908
#11329
Das Gebiss des Menschen und der Anthropomorphen. Vergleichend anatomische Untersuchungen.
1982
#11328
Literature and medicine, vol. 1- . Edited by Anne Hudson Jones.
"Founded in 1982, Literature and Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarship that explores representational and cultural practices concerning health care and the body. Areas of interest include disease,…
1974
#11327
From medical police to social medicine.
1872
#11326
History of medicine from the earliest ages to the commencement of the nineteenth century
In 1824 Dunglison was recuited to join the Medical Faculty of the new University of Virginia. There he became Thomas Jefferson's personal physician for two years until Jefferson's death. Dunglison was hired to teach m…
1984
#11325
Highlights in the development of medical history in the United States (Materials from an exhibit).
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1930
#11324
The infant welfare movement in the eighteenth century.
1986
#11323
Medicine and American growth, 1800-1860.
"The interconnections between population increase, migration and immigration on the one hand, and disease and the development of medicine on the other in antebellum America are brilliantly presented" (publisher)
1969
#11322
Demography in early America: Beginnings of the statistical mind 1600-1800.
Covering the period 1600–1800, the author deals with demography in its economic, political, and social aspects. The work is particularly concerned with the development of health-related and scientific aspects of demog…
2014
#11321
Rum maniacs: Alcoholic insanity in the Early American Republic.
1811 –1813
#11320
A system of anatomy or the use of students of medicine. 2 vols.
The first American textbook of anatomy. The first edition contained nearly 1000 pages of text, but no illustrations. Later editions were expanded, illustrated and updated by William E. Horner, and Joseph Pancoast. Dig…
1736
#11319
Regii in academia ad Albim musei anatomici Augustei catalogus universalis praeparata anatomica Ruyschiana variorumque celeberrimorum auctorum tam sicca, quam in liquore contenta foetus, monstra, sceleta et artefacta exhibens. Cum oratione de museis....Abrahamus Vater.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1863
#11318
Catalogue of the New-York Museum of Anatomy No. 618 Broadway, New-York. Principals: Drs. Jordan & Beck No. 40 Bond Street. Open daily, for gentlemn only, from 10 A.M. till 10 P. M. Admission, 25 cents.
30-page catalogue of a commercial medical museum "for gentlemen only" and clearly operated as an advertisement for Jordan and Beck's medical practice. A great deal of the displayed material was intended to be titillat…
1804
#11317
Catalogue of the natural productions and curiosities, which compose the collections of the Cabinet of Natural History, opened for public exhibition, at No. 38, William-Street, New-York.
One of the first natural history museums in the U.S., supported by subscription. According to the text, David Hosack and Wright Post were among the supporters of the project. The copy at the U.S. National Library of M…
c. 1865
#11316
Hand-book & descriptive catalogue of the Pacific Museum of Anatomy and Natural Science, now open at the Eureka Theatre, Montgomery St., between California and Pine, San Francisco.
A commercial medical and "natural science" museum operated by Jordan. This may have been the earliest commercial medical museum in California. Pages 50 onward describe what Jordan called the "Pathological Room, For re…
1824
#11315
Report on the state of the anatomical museum of the University of Pennsylvania, 30th June, 1824.
This 36-page pamphlet is the earliest printed record of Caspar Wispar's museum collection. It was augmented by William Horner, whom Wistar appointed to manage the collection. The combined collections beame known as th…
1721
#11314
Catalogus rerum memorabilium quae in theatro anatomico academia, quae Lugduni Batavorum floret, demonstantur per Franciscum Schuyl.
Numerous editions and translations of the catalogue of the anatomical museum of the University of Leiden were published, probably to supply the needs of medical students from various countries. Digital facsimile of th…