United States
3,230 entries published in United States. 270 publication places.
1886 CE
#7387
Index to the periodical literature of dental science and art, as presented in the English language.
Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
1886 CE
#9566
A nomenclature of colors for naturalists, and compendium of useful knowledge for ornithologists.
Ridgway proposed a simple classification system, doing away with many subjective and evocative names that were currently popular. The work illustrated 186 colors. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Libra…
1886 CE
#10207
Catalogue of anatomical models, charts and osteological preparations. Auzoux's papier mache anatomical models, Bocksteger models painted in natural colors, human skeletons.
One of the better illustrated American trade catalogues of the period describing available anatomical models, charts, skeletons for use in teaching. Reprinted, along with several other catalogues relating to instrumen…
1886 CE
#10350
The relation of hospitals to medical education.
Withington, pp. 18-22, proposed Bills of Rights for subjects of experiments "to secure patients again any injustice from the votaries of science." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1886 CE
#10521
Leprosy in Hawaii. Extracts from reports of presidents of the board of health, government physicians and others, and from official records, in regard to leprosy before and after the passage of the “Act to prevent the spread of leprosy”, approved Jan. 3, 1865. The laws and regulations in regard to leprosy in the Hawaiian Kingdom.
1887 CE
#145.62
The lake as a microcosm.
Forbes was the first to apply ecological principles to limnology. He emphasized population regulation and the dynamic nature of the community.
1887 CE
#4093
Dermatitis venenata: An account of the action of external irritants upon the skin.
White, a pupil of Hebra, was an outstanding personality in American dermatology; he held the first chair in that subject in the U.S.A. The eponym “White’s disease” refers to his description of kerato…
1887 CE
#6086
Hysterorrhaphy.
1887 CE
#6342
The intestinal diseases of infancy and childhood.
Jacobi was the first in the United States to specialize in the practice of pediatrics. In 1862 he founded the first pediatric clinic in the U.S., in New York. He wrote extensively on pediatrics.
1887 CE
#9121
Ten days in a mad-house.
By newspaper reporter Nellie Bly, this book was initially published as a series of articles for the New York World newspaper. The book collected Bly's reportage while on an undercover assignment in which she feigned i…
1887 CE
#9551
The student's manual and handbook for the dental laboratory. To which is appended Dr. E.H. Angle's system of appliances for correcting irregularities.
Angle's chapter, "The Angle system of regulation and retention of teeth," represented the first edition of what was later separately published as Angle's textbook on orthodontics with the same title. This chapter reap…
1887 CE
#9623
Orificial surgery and its application to the treatment of chronic diseases.
Pratt's bizarre orificial surgery emerged from the the practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1887 CE
#10596
Photography of bacteria. Illustrated with eight-six photographs reproduced in autotype.
The first book entirely devoted to the photography of bacteria. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1888 CE
#712
Ptomaines and leucomaines, or the putrefactive and physiological alkaloids.
1888 CE
#8996
My story of the war: The Civil War memories of the famous nurse, relief organizer and suffragette.
1888 CE
#9533
Rectal and anal surgery, with a description of the secret methods of the itinerants.
The authors were father and son. An unusual feature of this work was its critical analysis of the methods used by itinerant or untrained practitioners. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1889 CE
#1705
On vital and medical statistics.
1889 CE–1892 CE
#3298
A treatise on diseases of the nose and throat. 2 vols.
Bosworth, a pioneer of American rhinology, advanced an important theory of the causation of ozena.
1889 CE
#5620
Experimental surgery.
Senn made important experimental studies on air embolism, introduced a method of diagnosing intestinal perforation by means of insufflation of hydrogen (see No. 3494), and used X-rays in the treatment of leukemia. He …
1889 CE
#5620.1
The American armamentarium chirurgicum.
The most comprehensive trade catalogue of medical and surgical instruments and equipment published in America during the 19th century. Reprinted with introduction by James M. Edmondson and F. Terry Hambrecht, San Fran…
1889 CE
#9525
Merck's index of fine chemicals and drugs for the materia medica and the arts: Comprising a summary of whatever chemical products are to-day adjudged as being useful in either medicine or technology, with average values and synonyms affixed; a guide for the physician, apothecary, chemist, and dealer.
First edition of the Merck Manual. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1889 CE
#11276
The cerebral palsies of children.
Osler's monograph on cerebral palsy helped define this condition. "Osler emphasized the diverse causes of childhood hemiplegia. Osler classified his patients with nonprogressive upper motor neuron dysfunction accordin…
1890 CE
#1627
Description of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Billings was responsible for the designing of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. “It marked a new departure in hospital construction…It was the most perfect and best equipped institution of its time&r…
1890 CE
#3687
The micro-organisms of the human mouth.
In 1884 Miller became professor of dentistry at the University of Berlin, the first foreigner ever to receive a professorial appointment at a German University. Inspired by study of bacteriology under Robert Koch, Mil…
1890 CE
#4353
Treatise on orthopedic surgery.
Includes a description of the “Bradford frame”, used in the treatment of spinal disorders.
1890 CE
#4977.2
The principles of psychology. 2 vols.
The foundation of the American school of experimental psychology. Under the influence of Wundt, James viewed psychology as an experimental science based on physiology. He founded the earliest laboratory for the study …
1890 CE
#7229
The deaf soldier: A brief synopsis of one hundred and two cases of deafness. Prepared for the consideration of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
One of the earliest accounts of the recognition of loss of hearing due to firearms and explosions during war. Foster, secretary and treasurer of the Silent Army of Deaf Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, presented 100 cas…
1890 CE
#13188
Medical education in the United States: A guide to information sources.
"2364 references to bibliographies, journal articles, books, dictionaries, directories, histories, biographical accounts, and miscellaneous literature. Intended to provide the basic references from which the developme…
1891 CE–1893 CE
#534.68
Human monstrosities. 4 vols.
The first large work on the subject illustrated primarily by photographs of specimens, and one of the last to use to the term "monster" as a medical descriptor. Digital facsimile of the 4 volumes from the Internet Arc…
1891 CE–1895 CE
#2422
Syphilis today and among the ancients. 2 vols.
1891 CE
#6092
Contributions to the histogenesis of the papillary cystoma of the ovary.
1891 CE
#9888
Scatologic rites of all nations. A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globe. Based upon original notes and person observation, and upon compilation from over one thousand authorities. Not for general perusal.
Digital facsimile of the 1891 edition from the Internet Archive at this link. Translated in to German as: Der Unrat in Sitte, Brauch, Glauben und Gewohnheitrecht der Völker, von John Gregory Bourke. Verdeutscht u…
1891 CE–1892 CE
#10587
Regional anatomy in its relation to medicine and surgery. 2 vols.
Includes 97 beautiful chromolithographed plates dissected, photographed, and colored from nature by McClellan. Digital facsimile of the 2nd edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
1891 CE
#10598
A practical treatise on diseases of the skin
The first systematic treatise on dermatology published in America. Piffard was a pioneer of "indoor" magnesium flashlight photography, and took most of the 50 photographs reproduced in this book by this technique. Dig…
1891 CE
#11124
History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present. Moral and physical reasons for its performance with a history of eunuchism, hermaphrodism, etc., and of the different operations practiced upon the prepuce.
Digital edition from Gutenberg.org at this link.
1891 CE
#13172
Suggestions to the medical witness.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1891 CE
#13573
Catalogue of works on alchemy and chemistry. Exhibited at The Grolier Club, 29 East 32d St. New York, Jan. 16th to Jan. 26th, 1891.
This appears to be the second catalogue of a U.S. exhibition of rare books on any scientific subject, following John Shaw Billing's catalogue of his exhibition of books from the Army Medical Library at Johns Hopkins H…
1892 CE–1982 CE
#355
Index-catalogue of medical and veterinary zoology.
An index to the world's literature on parasites and parasitisms of man, of domestic animals, and of wild animals whose parasites may be transmitted to man and domestic animals. It also contains references to fur-beari…
1892 CE
#2509
A manual of bacteriology.
Sternberg, U. S. Surgeon General 1893-1902, was a pioneer bacteriologist. Independently of Pasteur he discovered the pneumococcus and was first in America to photograph the tubercle bacillus. He sent Walter Reed off t…
1892 CE
#2682.5
The early history of instrumental precision in medicine.
1892 CE
#2231
The principles and practice of medicine.
Osler’s textbook was the best English work on medicine of its time. He became Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford in 1904. Besides being one of the greatest of all clinicians, he was possessed of a fine liter…
1892 CE
#3601
The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia.
Marcy wrote a great deal on hernia, describing high ligation of the sac, transplantion of the spermatic cord, and careful reconstruction of the inguinal canal. This work, illustrated with 66 full-page plates, is one o…
1892 CE
#2966
Ligation of the first portion of the left subclavian artery and excision of a subclavio-axillary aneurism.
First successful ligation of the left subclavian artery. This was the first “successful ligation of the first part of either subclavian artery and the first one of complete extirpation of such an aneurysm”…
1892 CE
#6764.1
Homeopathic bibliography of the United States, from the year 1825 to the year 1891.
Of particular value for researching homeopathic literature, societies and institutions in America from 1825 to 1891. Digital facsimile from the Hathitrust at this link.
1892 CE
#9725
The yellow wall-paper.
This 6,000-word short story by is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating and critiquing 19th century attitudes toward women's health, both physical and mental. Digital facsim…
1892 CE
#10438
Mineral springs and health resorts of California: With a complete chemical analysis of every important mineral water in the world... A Prize Essay; Annual Prize of the Medical Society of the State of California, Awarded April 20, 1889.
The first half of the book concerns mineral springs and health resorts in California and how to use them; the second half mostly concerns mineral springs and other health resorts in North America and Europe. Digital f…
1892 CE
#10568
Researches in female pelvic anatomy.
The first cross-sectional anatomy of the pelvic anatomy during the puerperium, the period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother's reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant conditi…
1892 CE
#13199
Helen Brent, M. D. A social study.
A short, memorable novel about a woman who faces the agonizing choice between career and marriage, and chooses medicine. Among her achievements, Meyer was a founder of Barnard College. Digital facsimile from Google Bo…
1893 CE
#5529
Investigations into the nature, causation and prevention of Texas or Southern cattle fever.
U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry, Bulletin No. 1. Discovery of the parasite of Texas cattle fever, Pyrosoma bigeminum, and proof that its transmission is due to the cattle tick, Boöphilus bovis. This was the first …
1893 CE
#9637
Brain surgery.
The first American book on neurosurgery, published the same year as Macewen's pioneering neurosurgical classic (No. 4872). Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.