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1965

#11263

Selected papers of John Shaw Billings. Edited by Frank Rogers.

Reprints 24 articles by Billings in addition to a biographical sketch and his complete bibliography.

1994

#11262

Order out of chaos: John Shaw Billings and America's coming of age.

1876

#11261

Specimen fasciculus of a catalogue of the National Medical Library, under the direction of the Surgeon-General, United States Army at Washington, D. C.

This analystical subject-author catalogue was a 96-page preview of what became known four years later as the Index-Catalogue of the Library of Surgeon General's Office. Reflecting Billings' long term view of the insti…

1842

#11260

Homoeópathy, and its kindred delusions; Two lectures delivered before the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1943

#11259

The psychiatric novels of Oliver Wendell Holmes

A classically trained Freudian psychoanalyst reviewed the psychiatric insights - advanced for his time - that Holmes expressed in his novels.

2009

#11258

Oliver Wendell Holmes, physician and man of letters. Edited by Scott. H. Podolsky and Charles S. Bryan.

1980

#11257

Preliminary report on the pathogenicity of Legionella pneumophila for freshwater and soil amoebae.

Discovery of the pathogenic relationship between amoebas and Legionella bacteria--a key step in understanding how this bacteria infects mankind. Legionella bacteria, along with amoeba, live in the organic contaminatio…

1979

#11256

Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova, of the family Legionellaceae, familia nova.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Brenner, Steigerwalt, McDade. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

1988

#11255

Legionnaires disease: Historical perspective.

Digital facsimile from cmr.asm.org at this link.

1912

#11254

Die diluviale Vorzeit Deutschlands. Archäologischer Teil, von R. R. Schmidt; II. Geologischer Teil, von Ernest Koken, Die Geologie und Tierweld der paläolithischen Kulturstätten Deutschlands; III. Anthropologischer Teil von A. Schliz, Die diluvialen Menschenreste Deutschlands.

This splendidly produced and illustrated large folio volume was the first major book on paleolithic research published in Germany. Schmidt described systematic investigations of the caves in the Swabian Alps, and was …

1998

#11253

Stephanus the philosopher and physician: Commentary on Galen's Therapeutics to Glaucon

"An edition of the Commentary by Stephanus of Athens, the seventh-century physician and philosopher, on Book One of Galen's Therapeutics to Glaucon. It comprises introduction, Greek text with critical apparatus and in…

1912

#11252

Texts illustrating the history of medicine in the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army. Arranged in chronological order. Reprint from volume xvii, second series, Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office.

In 1912 Garrison was Assistant Librarian of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army. At the suggestion of Sir William Osler, Garrison prepared this classified listing of medical classics across the full range of the h…

1903 –1940

#11251

Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). 5 vols. (1903-1915) + 3 vols. Supplement (1922-1940).

The first 5 vols. of the main author catalogue were written by Bernard B. Woodward; the Supplement was written by various members of the library staff. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1931

#11250

Bibliographia Burtoniana: A study of Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy, with a bibliography of Burton's Writings

1913

#11249

Important discovery in tropical medicine: Metamorphosis of Filaria Loa.

Leiper discovered diurnal periodicity in Filaria Loa, as the worm embryos are found in the blood only during day, as an adaptation to the day-biting habits of their insect vector, a biting fly of the genus Chrysopa. T…

1879

#11248

Additional notes on filaria sanguinis hominis and filiaria disease.

On p. 36 of this paper Manson first described nocturnal periodicity in Filaria Bancrofti, an adaptation to the nocturnal biting habits of their mosquito vector. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpr…

1989

#11247

Capnocytophaga canimorsus sp. nov. (formerly CDC group DF-2), a cause of septicemia following dog bite, and C. cynodegmi sp. nov., a cause of localized wound infection following dog bite.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Brenner, Hollis, Fanning....The authors defined the genus and species of previously unclassified bacteria that infect dog and cat bites, previous identified as DF-2, an…

1987

#11246

DF-2 bacteremia following cat bites. Report of two cases.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Carpenter, Heppner, Gnann. Report of two cases of infection from cat bites by the bacterium then identified by the CDC as DF-2 (later called Capnocytophaga canimorsus) in non…

1977

#11245

Unidentified gram-negative rod infection: A new disease of man.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Butler, Weaver, Ramani....Bobo....First description of a newly discovered bacterium associated with dog bites, affecting in this case alcoholic patients or patients predispos…

2004

#11244

The life and death of smallpox.

2002 –2005

#11243

The human fossil record. 4 vols.

Vol. 1: Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Europe). Vol. 2: Craniodental morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia). Vol. 3: Brain endocasts—the paleoneurological evidence. Vol. 4: Crandiodental mo…

2009

#11242

Ottoman medicine: Healing and medical institutions, 1500-1700.

1940

#11241

Sarh Asma Al-Uqqar (L'Explication des noms de drogues) Un glossaire de matière medicale composé par Maïmonide. Texte publié pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique

1819

#11240

Lectures on physiology, zoology and the natural history of man.

This work set forth Lawrence's then radical and remarkably advanced ideas concerning evolution and heredity. Arguing that theology and metaphysics had no place in science, Lawrence relied instead on empirical evidence…

1939

#11239

John Howard (1726-1790) hospital and prison reformer: A bibliography

1983

#11238

Franz Joseph Gall Bibliographie. Mit einem Porträt und 13 Abbildungen

1613

#11237

Catoptri micorcosmici absolutam admirandae partium hominis creaturarum divinarum praestantissimi fabricae eximio artificio sculptam structuram revidendam exhibentis. Engraved by Stephan Michelspacher.

Three large anatomical plates with numerous flaps, in the tradition of fugitive sheets, but larger and more complex. The first edition was issued anonymously without identifying the place of publication or the publish…

1991

#11236

A bibliography of Johann Remmelin the anatomist

1989

#11235

Bibliographie der Schriften Samuel Hahnemanns.

1999

#11234

Microbiology: A centenary perspective. Edited by Wolfgang K. Joklik, Lars G. Ljungdahl, Alison D. O'Brien, Alexander von Graevenitz, Charles Yanofsky.

Classic 20th century papers presented with introductory notes and Prefaces to the following 5 sections: 1. Diagnostic Microbiology and Epidemiology, 2. Pathogenesis and Host Response Mechanisms, 3. General and Applied…

1933

#11233

A catalogue of the works of Linnaeus (and publications more immediately relating thereto) perserved in the libraries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury) and the British Museum (Natural History) (South Kennsington). Second edition

Includes a vast number of works theses and orations, of works edited by or supervised by Linnaeus or written with his cooperation. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1990

#11232

Nehemiah Grew: A study and bibliography of his writings

1946

#11231

John Hunter: A list of his books. Compiled by W. R. LeFanu.

Unlike Lefanu's other bibliographical writings, this is a basic 31 page booklist.

1968

#11230

John Evelyn: A study in bibliopphily with a bibliography of his writings

Second edition, revised. First published in 1937 by The Grolier Club and Cambridge University Press.

1790

#11229

Viaggio negli Stati Uniti dell' America settentrionale fatto negli anni 1785, 1786, e 1787. 2 vols.

Castiglioni was one of very few Italians to make the journey to America and to produce a detailed day-to-day account of his observations in the young country. His "Viaggio" is a systematic compendium of information dr…

1949

#11228

Bibliotheca chemica et alchemica. An annotated catalogue of printed books on alchemy, chemistry and cognate subjects.

Though he was not credited on the title page, most of this catalogue was written by Herbert S. Klickstein, working for the collector, Denis Duveen.

2006

#11227

The Roy G. Neville historical chemical library: An annotated catalogue of printed books on alchemy, chemistry, chemical technology, and related subjects. 2 vols.

1924

#11226

Catalogue of the mycological library of Howard A. Kelly. Compiled by Louis C. C. Krieger.

The catalogue was prepared for Kelly by Louis Krieger, an eminent mycologist and botanical illustrator. Entries for this library were not numbered; however in his introduction Kelly stated that the library "herewith c…

1984

#11225

Seed physiology: Its history from antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century.

1909

#11224

Remarks on the medical library in post-graduate work.

In this speech given by Osler as President of the Medical Library Association Osler spoke first about the essential value for practicing physicians of institutional medical libraries run by professional librarians, an…

1725

#11223

Histoire physique de la mer.

The first book devoted entirely to marine science and the first oceanographic study of a single region. Marsigli conducted an intensive investigation of the Gulf of Lyon in the south of France, taking soundings to obt…

1876

#11222

Handbuch der Samenkunde: physiologisch-statistische Untersuchungen über den wirthschaftlichen Gebrauchswerth der land- und forstwirthschaftlichen, sowie gärtnerischen Saatwaren.

In 1869 Nobbe set up the first seed control station, establishing the science of seed testing. He set out to improve seed quality in a sustainable way, through systematic inspection. In his Handbuch der Samenkunde he …

1991

#11221

Women under the knife: A history of surgery.

"In the nineteenth century, major developments in internal surgery were due to operations on ovaries. Women bore the brunt of surgical experimentation and also reaped its rewards. Their need was great, but so was thei…

1980

#11220

Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC).

https://data.cerl.org/istc/_search The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) , an electronic bibliographic database maintained by the British Library, seeks to catalogue all known incunabula. The database lists book…

1960

#11219

A bibliography of internal medicine: Selected diseases.

Literature on "selected diseases" presented in chronological order, beginning with auricular fibrillation and ending with trichinosis, emphasizing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

1954 –1965

#11218

A bibliography of the works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1743-1794

Mostly written by Herbert S. Klickstein for the collector Denis Duveen.

1982

#11217

Fitzpatrick's Rafinesque: A sketch of his life with bibliography [of his writings]. Revised and enlarged by Charles Boewe.

See also Boewe's The life of C.S. Rafinesque a man of uncommon zeal. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2011.

1975

#11216

Conrad Gessner: A bio-bibliogaphy

1937

#11215

A bibliography of the works of Ambroise Paré: Premier chirugien & conseiller du Roy

1992

#11214

Georges Cuvier: An annotated bibliography of his published works