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1846
#11213
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. [By Benjamin Robert Wheatley].
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. Between 1907 and 1909 the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London became one of 17 English medical societies that joined to form the Royal Society of M…
1873
#11212
Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army. 3 vols.
The first formal published catalogue of the ancestor of the US National Library of Medicine, prepared under the supervision of John Shaw Billings. Vols. 1-2 represented an author catalogue A-Z. Vol. 3: Supplement: Ano…
1961
#11211
The first catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, Washington, 1840.
Facsimile copy and first publication in print of the original manuscript catalogue published to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the National Library of Medicine, Washington, 1961. The first (manuscript) …
1894
#11210
Bibliographia Paracelsica: Besprechung der unter Theophrast v. Hohenheim's Namen 1527-1893 erschienenen Druckschriften
1980
#11209
British natural history books, 1495-1900: A handlist.
A partially annotated listing of all principal natural history books published in the UK from 1495 to 1900.
1977
#11208
Charles Darwin: An annotated bibliographical handlist
This bibliography has been extensively supplemented by the Freeman Bibliographical Database at Darwin Online edited by John van Wyhe. "The database has been supplemented by the entries from unpublished manuscript corr…
1967
#11207
Catalogue des manuscrits de Claude Bernard avec la bibliographie de ses travaux imprimés et des études sur son oeuvre. Collège de France
1985
#11206
A bibliography of Edward Jenner, 1749-1823
Revised second edition of Lefanu's A bio-bibliography of Edward Jenner (1951). The annotations in this bibliography form a kind of biographical narrative of Jenner's life and achievements.
1976
#11205
John Ray, 1627-1705: A bibliography, 1660-1970: A descriptive bibliography of the works of John Ray ... with introductions, annotations, various indexes, and a supplement of new entries, additions and corrections by the author, Sir Geoffrey Keynes.
This is the "best" edition. The original edition issued in London by Faber & Faber in 1951 was a far superior example of book production, printed on thick greenish paper.
1968
#11204
A bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne
Second edition, revised and augmented.
1953
#11203
A bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes
1960
#11202
A bibliography of Dr. Robert Hooke by Geoffrey Keynes, Kt.
1961
#11201
A bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society. Second edition
1953
#11200
Michael Servetus, humanist and martyr. With a bibliography of his works
1990
#11199
A commentary on the medical writings of Rudolf Virchow by L. J. Rather.
An extensively annotated bibliography of all of Virchow's medical writings, but not including his many contributions to anthropology
1989
#11198
A bibliography of the writings of Dr. William Harvey 1578-1657. Third edition, revised by Gweneth Whitteridge and Christine English.
This is the definitive edition of a bibliography first published by Sir Geoffrey Keynes in 1928 on the three hundredth anniversary of De motu cordis, and revised by him for a second edition in 1953. It contains a new …
1988
#11197
Sir William Osler: An annotated bibliography with illustrations. Edited by Richard L. Golden and Charles G. Roland.
This was my first effort as a publisher. I was responsible for the illustrations, the captions, and for chosing the appendices - JMN. Richard Golden issued an Addenda to this bibliography in 1997.
2015
#11196
The art of medicine in early China: The ancient and medieval origins of a modern archive.
2014
#11195
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and the religion of biologic living.
"Purveyors of spiritualized medicine have been legion in American religious history, but few have achieved the superstar status of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his Battle Creek Sanitarium. In its heyday, the 'San' was …
2017
#11194
Development and use of personalized bacteriophage-therapeutic cocktails to treat a patient with a disseminated resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Schooley, Biswas, Gill .... Successful experimental treatment of a highly antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection by bacteriophage therapy. "In 2016, while ser…
2005
#11193
Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti: A double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Taylor, Makunde, McGarry.... The authors treated infection by the parasitic worm Wuchereria bancrofti, cause of elephantiasis (lymphatic filariasis), by killing the Wolbachia…
1987
#11192
Human parvovirus infection in pregnancy and hydrops fetalis.
Demonstration of the devastating effect of human parvovirus B19 on the human fetus. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
1983
#11191
Human parvovirus, the cause of erythema infectiosum (Fifth disease)?
This single page document was published as a Letter to the Editor of The Lancet. Order of authorship of the letter: Anderson, Jones, Fisher-Hoch.... Identification of human parvovirus as the cause of "Fifth disease". …
1975
#11190
Parvovirus-like particles in human sera. Preliminary communication.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Cossart, Field, Cant. First description of Parvovirus B19, the first human parvovirus discovered. It is among the smallest DNA viruses and is most often known for causing dis…
1939
#11189
A bibliography of the writings of Harvey Cushing prepared on the occasion of his seventieth birthday April 8, 1939 by The Harvey Cushing Society.
Revised and best third edition, Park Ridge, IL: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1993. This includes a photographic essay, with extensive captions, by Richard Upjohn Light.
1931
#11188
Experiences with the cerebellar astrocytomas. A critical review of seventy-six cases.
Cushing's most extensive contribution to pediatric neurosurgery concerned his operative experience with these tumors (often benign) that most frequently occur in childhood.
1938
#11187
Intracranial aneurysm of the internal carotid artery cured by operation.
Dandy was the first surgeon to directly clip an intracranial aneurysm.
1802
#11186
Natural theology: Or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity, collected from the appearances of nature.
1691
#11185
The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation.
Digital facsimile of the much-enlarged 1692 second edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
2000
#11184
Acupuncture, expertise and cross-cultural medicine.
1996
#11183
Historic Embryology Papers.
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Historic_Embryology_Papers#Introduction "Introduction The linked papers are intended to give some historic background to Embryology. Historically, say pre-20th c…
1987
#11182
Developmental stages in human embryos. Including a revision of Streeter's "Horizons" and a survey of the Carnegie Collection.
Digital facsimile from embyrology.med.unsw.edu at this link .
1912
#11181
The development of the nervous system. Keibel & Mall (eds.) Manual of human embryology, vol. 2, pp. 1-156.
1901
#11180
An atlas of the medulla and midbrain: A laboratory manual.
1938
#11179
Recherches sur l'embryologie du système central de l'homme.
1816
#11178
Anatomie und Bildungsgeschichte des Gehirns im Foetus des Menschen: nebst einer vergleichenden Darstellung des Hirnbaues in den Thieren.
Digital facsimile from Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg at this link.
1994
#11177
The embryonic human brain: An atlas of developmental stages.
"The first work devoted to the staged, embryonic human brain."
1532
#11176
Nicolai Leoniceni ....Opuscula: quorum catalogum versa pagina indicabit. Per. D. Andream Leennium medicum, à multis quibus scatebant vitiis, repurgata atque annotatiunculis illustrata.
First edition of Leoniceno's collected works edited by Andreas Leennius, about whom little is known. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1702
#11175
Bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu rerum ad alchemiam pertinentium thesaurus instructissimus; quo non tantum artis auriferae, ac scriptorum in ea nobiliorum historia traditur; Lapidis veritas argumentis & experimentis innumeris. 2 vols.
A library of chemical and alchemical works, including various alchemical works (some illustrated) that were already rare by Manget's time. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1685
#11174
Bibliotheca anatomica sive recens in anatomia inventorum thesaurus locupletissimus, in quo integra qtque absolutissima totius corporis humani descriptio, eiusdémque oeconomia è praestantissimorum quorumque anatomicorum tractatibus singularibus, tum facenus in lucem edis, tum etiam indeditis, concinnata exhiibetur....2 vols.
With reproductions of the original engraved plates, Bibliotheca anatomica was the most extensive compilation of anatomical treatises published in the 17th century. It was an extensive anatomical library in 2 thick vol…
1721
#11173
Bibliotheca chirurgica sive rerum ad artem Machoanicam quoquô spectantium thesaurus absolutissimus quo omnes prorsus humani corporis affectiones chiurgi manum, aut aliam aliquam eiusdem operam exposcentes, ordine alphabetico explicantur. 4 vols.
A compilation of mostly complete surgical treatises, representing what Manget considered an essential surgical library of then-modern as well as classical texts-- a surgical library in 4 large volumes. Digital facsimi…
1731
#11172
Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum, veterum et recentiorum ... sicque historia medica vere universalis... 4 vols.
Though the title might be translated as a library of medical writings, the set is an extensive bio-bibliographical dictionary of medical writers. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
2007
#11171
Science and the imagination: Mesmerism, media, and the mind in nineteenth-century English and American literature.
1988
#11170
Studies in the history of alternative medicine. Edited by Roger Cooter.
2010
#11169
Folk healing and health care practices in Ireland: Stethoscopes, wands and crystals.
1994
#11168
Healing traditions: Alternative medicine and the health professions.
"The popularity and practice of alternative medicine continues to expand at astonishing rates. In Healing Traditions, Bonnie Blair O'Connor considers the conflicts that arise between the values and assumptions of West…
2011
#11167
Adventures in the Orgasmatron: Wilhelm Reich and the invention of sex.
Published in the US as Adventures in the Orgasmatron: How the sexual revolution came to America. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
1999
#11166
The Medical Follow-up Agency: The first fifty years 1946–1996.
"The Medical Follow-up Agency is a national treasure for veterans and for long-term studies of health. Its data resources provide incomparable opportunities to follow very important populations and to ask creative que…
1991
#11165
America's welfare state from Roosevelt to Reagan.
"Social welfare policy in the United States has gone from controversy in the 1930s, to consensus at mid-century, and back to controversy and confusion in the late twentieth century. In America's Welfare State, Edward …
1998
#11164
To improve human health. A history of the Institute of Medicine.
Digital edition available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK230742/ .