North America

1910 CE

#8710

What you ought to know about your baby by Leonard Keene Hirshberg. A text book for mothers on the care and feeding of babies, with questions and answers especially prepared by the editor.

Ghost-written by American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English H. L. Mencken except for the "questions and answers." In a copy that sold at auction at Christies in 1995, Mencken inscri…

1910 CE

#9402

Osteopathy: Research and practice.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1910 CE

#10399

A history of the medical profession of Southern California with an historical sketch. Second edition. First edition destroyed in Times catastrophe.

Probably the first book on the history of medicine in the State of California. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1910 CE

#10523

History of the Mississippi State Medical Association; with biographies of its presidents, complete roster of its officers, programmes of its meetings, and the past and present laws relating to the practice of medicine in Mississippi.

1910 CE

#10835

The humane movement: A descriptive survey.

Concerns the origins and evolution of the humane movement that played a significant role in the emergence and growth of the antivivisection movement in the United States. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1910 CE

#11446

The health index of children.

Hoag was medical director of the public schools in Berkeley, California. As Hoag wrote in his introduction, the object of this work was "to show teachers and parents how to detect easily those ordinary physical defect…

1910 CE

#11616

Hookworm disease; Etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis, and treatment

When the authors published this book hookworm disease was endemic in the American south, partly because so many people walked in the soil without wearing shoes, so the hookworms entered their body through the soles of…

1910 CE

#11752

Diseases of the heart and aorta.

The first comprehensive monograph on cardiology written and published in the United States. Hirschfelder interned under William Osler at Johns Hopkins, and became Hopkins's first full-time cardiologist. Digital facsim…

1910 CE

#13159

The sources and modes of infection.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1911 CE

#5756.5

Plastic and cosmetic surgery.

First comprehensive work on cosmetic surgery.

1911 CE

#6520

Old time makers of medicine. The story of the students and teachers of the sciences related to medicine during the Middle Ages.

1911 CE

#7644

A cross-section anatomy, by Albert C. Eycleshymer and Daniel M. Schoemaker. Average position of organs from eleven reconstructions, by Peter Potter. Sections of the female pelvis, by Carroll Smith. Drawings by Tom Jones.

The historical introduction includes a bibliographical history of cross-sectional anatomies from frozen sections. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1911 CE

#8598

Hospital management: A handbook for hospital trustees, superintendents, training-school principals, physicians, and all who are actively engaged in promoting hospital work. Edited by Charlotte A. Aikens.

Digital facsimile from the Google Books at this link.

1911 CE

#9373

Yellow fever: A compilation of various publications. Results of the work of Maj. Walter Reed, Medical Corps, United States Army, and the Yellow Fever Commission. Presented by Mr. Owen.

A convenient compilation of the work of Reed and his associates, including the work of James Carroll published after the death of Walter Reed. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1911 CE

#10318

A medical history of the state of Indiana.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1911 CE–1918 CE

#11470

The Bradley Bibliography: A guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century. Compiled at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University under the direction of Charles Sprague Sargent by Alfred Rehder. 5 vols.

An attempt at a truly comprehensive bibliography of the world literature in western languages on these subjects to 1900, including more than 100,000 entries. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at…

c. 1911 CE–c. 1916 CE

#11552

The Medical Department of the United States Army in the Civil War.

"The chapters comprising the volume appeared originally as separate articles in the 'Military surgeon.' Upon their compilation a limited number of copies of reprints were obtained by this office and bound together for…

1911 CE

#11837

Health on the farm: A manual of rural sanitation and hygiene.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1911 CE–1936 CE

#12412

Nostrums and quackery: Articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association. 3 vols.

Cramp was director of the AMA's Propaganda for Reform Department. "In 1911, Cramp published the first of three volumes called Nostrums and Quackery,[3] which would become "a veritable encyclopedia on the nostrum evil …

1912 CE

#4670.4

Experimental and pathological investigation. In: Investigations on epidemic infantile paralysis, report from the State Medical Institute of Sweden to the XVth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography.

Kling, A. Pettersson, and W. Wernstedt recovered the poliomyelitis virus from the intestinal wall and contents, disproving the contention of Flexner that it was exclusively neurotropic.

1912 CE

#135

The mechanistic conception of life.

This work established Loeb's reputation as a researcher who treated organisms as machines. He stated that biologists explain organic phenomena only when they could control those phenomena. Loeb first published the tit…

1912 CE

#1766.503

Medical education in Europe.

Flexner wrote the first systematic and thorough comparisons of the major systems of medical education.

1912 CE

#3192

Primary malignant growths of the lungs and bronchi.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1912 CE

#3896

The pituitary body and its disorders.

The first clinical monograph on the hypophysis. Cushing, outstanding neurological surgeon of the early 20th century, added much to our knowledge of the pituitary body and its disorders. The above work includes a descr…

1912 CE

#4386.01

Infections of the hand: A guide to the surgical treatment of acute and chronic suppurative processes in the fingers, hand, and forearm.

The first comprehensive treatise on hand surgery, and the classic work on tendon and bursal hand spaces relevant to management of hand infections. Kanavel developed the method of forcible injection of radio-opaque mat…

1912 CE

#5756.7

Surgery and diseases of the mouth and jaws.

First comprehensive work on maxillofacial surgery. After World War I Blair established the first separate Plastic Surgery Service in the United States at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.

1912 CE

#7050

The Negro in medicine.

An early publication on the medical problems of blacks written by a black physician. Kenney served as school physician at Tuskegee University, was the first director of the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at Tuskegee…

1912 CE

#8407

On mortality and the causes of death according to occupations. IN: Transactions of the 15th International Congress on Hygiene Demography, pp. 336-339.

Bertillon, brother of Alphonse Bertillon, was Chief of Statistical Services for the city of Paris. His classification of diseases was based on the principle, adopted by Farr, of distinguishing between general diseases…

1912 CE

#10413

Modern methods in nursing.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1912 CE

#11181

The development of the nervous system. Keibel & Mall (eds.) Manual of human embryology, vol. 2, pp. 1-156.

1912 CE

#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…

1912 CE

#11288

A review of the primates. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1912 CE

#11535

The Kallikak family: A study in the heredity of feeble-mindedness.

When this book was published Goddard was Director of the Research Laboratory of the Training School at Vineland, New Jersey, for Feeble-minded Girls and Boys. Though this work drew wide attention to the problems of pe…

1912 CE

#13522

The influence of caffeine on mental and motor efficiency. Columbia Contributions to Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. XX, No. 4.

"The Coca-Cola Company, facing a lawsuit from the federal government under the Pure Food and Drug Act, approached Hollingworth (after James McKeen Cattell and several other psychologists turned them down)[4] about inv…

1912 CE

#13924

The cinematograph as an aid to medical education and research: A lecture illustrated by moving pictures of ultramicroscopic life in the blood and tissues, and of surgical operations.

1913 CE

#657

Muscular work. A metabolic study.

1913 CE

#1113

The origin and development of the lymphatic system.

1913 CE

#1641

Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton J. Rosenau. With chapters on sewage and garbage by George C. Whipple...Vital statistics by Cressy L. Wilbur...The prevention of mental diseases by Thomas W. Salmon.

Digital facsimile of the 1913 edition from the Internet Archive at this link. There were numerous later revised editions.

1913 CE

#3745

Beriberi

Important studies of beri-beri are recorded in this book. After its publication the author made many additional contributions to the literature on the subject.

1913 CE

#6408

An introduction to the history of medicine.

One of the best single-volume histories of medicine from the bibliographical point of view, mainly for 19th century and earlier material. A rather compressed work with much detail, this is really more of a reference w…

1913 CE

#6659

ISIS. 1-

Official publication of the History of Science Society. The latest issue may be viewed at www.ljournals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/current.

1913 CE

#7075

Animal communities in temperate America as illustrated in the Chicago region. A study in animal ecology.

This book represents the beginning of organized theoretical principles for animal ecology, including Shelford's "law of toleration" or "law of tolerance." "Analogous to the physiologists' law of the minimum [developed…

1913 CE

#7436

Our vanishing wild life: Its extermination and reservation.

One of the first books wholly devoted to endangered wild animals. Hornaday revolutionized museum exhibits by displaying wildlife in their natural settings, and is credited with discovering the American crocodile, savi…

1913 CE

#10791

Social work in hospitals: A contribution to progressive medicine.

Cannon, sister of Walter Bradford Cannon, established medical social work as an accepted subspecialty of social work first at Massachusetts General Hospital, and eventually throughout the U.S. Her career was closely a…

1913 CE

#11550

Surgery of the vascular system.

Bernheim was a pupil of William Halsted. His work includes 53 illustrations by James Didusch, a protegé of Max Broedel. "The depict the innovative vascular procedures developed by Carrel, halsted, Matas, and Be…

1913 CE

#12488

The principles and practice of obstetrics.

Digital facsimile of the 1914 printing from the Internet Archive at this link.

1913 CE

#12905

Exodontia: A practical treatise on the technic of extraction of teeth with a chapter on anesthesia. A complete guide for the exodontist, general dental practitioner, and dental student.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1914 CE

#1641.1

Geriatrics: The diseases of old age and their treatment, including physiological old age, home and institutional care, and medico-legal relations.

The first modern treatise on the subject. Nascher coined the term “geriatrics” in a paper of that name in N.Y. med. J., 1909, 90, 358-59.

1914 CE

#1664.1

A study in hospital efficiency as demonstrated by the case report of the first two years of a private hospital.

Pioneer application of efficiency engineering principles to hospital administration, made over a two year period. Codman was responsible for the “end result idea”. This revolutionary concept, which seems s…

1914 CE

#2568

Infection and resistance.