North America

1914 CE

#3341

A history of laryngology and rhinology. 2nd ed.

1914 CE

#5699.1

Anesthesia.

Gwathmey was one of the first physicians in the United States to specialize exclusively in anesthesiology. This work includes (p. 334) a description of his nitrous oxide-oxygen-ether apparatus.

1914 CE

#6990

The chiropractor.

Digital facsimile from the National Library of Medicine at this link.

1914 CE

#8121

Graphic methods for presenting facts.

The first book on information graphics published in America. Digital facsimile of the 1919 printing from the Internet Archive at this link.

1914 CE

#8548

Some American medical botanists commemorated in our botanical nomenclature.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1914 CE

#9585

The text book of chiropody: A treatise bearing upon all the elements of medicine, of surgery and of the kindred sciences having for its purpose the thorough education of those who wish to learn and to practise the scientific care of the human foot in health and in diseases. Comp

" ... the first modern chiropodial book. This voluminous work attempted to combine all chiropodial knowledge up to that date, with outline of the basic sciences and the teachings of other medical disciplines. It is an…

1914 CE

#10520

Sanitary conditions among the Eskimos: A report on conditions in native villages along the Arctic coast of Alaska. Supplement No. 9 to Public Health Reports, December 12, 1913.

In 1912 the U.S. Public Health Service assigned Dr. Emil Krulish to supervise health care in the Territory of Alaska. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1914 CE–1917 CE

#11457

Catalogue of the library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Compiled under the direction of Charles Sprague Sargent by Ethelyn Maria Tucker. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1914 CE

#13877

Book of monsters.

The first book of macro photographs (extreme close-up photography) of insects.

1915 CE

#4599

Diseases of the nervous system.

Sixth edition, 1935.

1915 CE

#1124

Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage. An account of recent researches into the function of emotional excitement.

Observation of the effect of strong emotions on gastrointestinal motility (No. 1029) led Cannon to examination of the sympathetic nervous system and its emergency function. Cannon showed the close connexion between th…

1915 CE

#2641

The mortality from cancer throughout the world.

1915 CE

#5757

Bone-graft surgery.

Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts. See especially his “Transplantation of a portion of the tibia int…

1915 CE

#246

The mechanism of Mendelian heredity.

Summarizes the major early findings of Morgan’s Drosophila research group, which based its research on the rapidly reproducing small vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, often called the fruit fly. This epoch-m…

1915 CE

#6857

The synoptic key.

Used as a reference work for the general practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile of the second edition (1916) from the Hathitrust at this link.

1915 CE

#9293

Ethnobotany of the Zuñi Indians. Thirtieth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Digital facsimile from swsbm.com at this link.

1915 CE

#10307

The medical history of Milwaukee, 1834-1914.

1915 CE

#10473

A survey of industrial health-hazards and occupational diseases in Ohio.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1915 CE

#11015

A study of prolonged fasting.

Study of a subject who was allowed to drink water but ingested no food for 31 days. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1915 CE

#11753

Outline of common skin diseases including eruptive fevers. Also diet plans for children in use in the Department of Pediatrics, the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Gilchrist was the first professor to concentrate on dermatology at Johns Hopkins, joining the faculty in 1898. His guide to the common skin diseases, published for the use of medical students at Hopkins, was printed l…

1915 CE

#12573

Report of first expedition to South America 1913.

Strong was the first professor of tropical medicine at Harvard. The Harvard School of Tropical Medicine was founded in 1913, the year they undertook this expedition. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1915 CE

#12906

A work on special dental pathology devoted to the diseases and treatment of the investing tissues of the teeth and the dental pulp.

1915 CE

#13851

Osteopathic mechanics: A text-book.

Digital facsimile from Hathi Trust at this link.

1916 CE

#1033

The control of hunger in health and disease.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE–1917 CE

#5006

The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada. Edited by Henry M. Hurd. 4 vols.

Hurd was Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University. The work includes his history of American psychiatry. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1916 CE

#6124.1

Embryology, anatomy, and diseases of the umbilicus together with diseases of the urachus

Contains the first reference to what would become known as “Cullen’s sign”, discoloration of the skin about the umbilicus, as a sign of ruptured ectopic gestation. This work contains extraordinary il…

1916 CE–1923 CE

#7091

A Bibliography of fishes by Bashford Dean, enlarged and edited by Charles Rochester Eastman. 3 vols. Vol. 3 extended and edited by Eugene Willis Gudger with the cooperation of Arthur Wilbur Henn.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE

#8154

Plant succession: An analysis of the development of vegetation.

A seminal work of ecological science, establishing a dynamic model of species succession toward an eventual "climax" equilibrium under the influence of climate and other factors in a given habitat. "From his observati…

1916 CE

#8599

Studies in ethics for nurses.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1916 CE

#9346

Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 55.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE

#10522

"The path of the destroyer": A history of leprosy in the Hawaiian Islands, and thirty years research into the means by which it has been spread.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1916 CE

#10817

Poetry and the doctors: A catalogue of poetical works written by physicians with biographical notes & An essay on the poetry of certain ancient practitioners of medicine, illustrated with translations from the Latin and by reproductions of the title pages of the rarer works.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1916 CE

#11820

The treatment of diabetes mellitus, with observations upon the disease based upon one thousand cases.

Joslin was the first physician in the United States to specialize in the treatment of diabetes; this was the first textbook on the subject in the English language. The book underwent its 12th edition in 1985. Digital …

1917 CE

#4601

Tumors of the nervus acusticus and the syndrome of the cerebello-pontile angle.

Reprinted 1963.

1917 CE

#1440

The development of the cerebro-spinal spaces in pig and man.

1917 CE

#3690

Oral roentgenology.

1917 CE

#4986

The Stanford revision and extension of the Binet–Simon scale for measuring intelligence.

1917 CE–1940 CE

#7106

The Birth Control Review.

Sanger edited The Birth Control Review until 1929. A new series began in 1933. It was a birth control advocacy periodical published by the American Birth Control League, and later by its successor, the Birth Control F…

1917 CE

#7116

The fundus oculi of birds especially as viewed by the ophthalmoscope. A study in comparative anatomy and physiology. Illustrated by 143 drawings... also by sixty-one colored paintings prepared for this work by Arthur W. Head.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.

1917 CE

#7615

Hygiene of the printing trades.

Industrial Accidents and Hygiene Series: No. 12. Probably the earliest specific study of the hygiene and diseases of workers in the U.S. printing industry. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1917 CE

#8639

Anatomical names, especially the Basle Nomina Anatomica ("BNA"). By Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, assisted by Daniel Martin Schoemaker. With biographical sketches by Roy Lee Moodie.

Includes 800 biographical sketches and a massive index covering nearly 400 pages. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1917 CE

#9210

Sanitation for medical officers. Medical War Manual No. 1. Authorized by the Secretary of War and under the Supervision of the Surgeon-General and the Council of National Defense.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1917 CE

#11266

Bibliography of William Henry Welch.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1917 CE

#13069

Cruise of the U.S. brig Argus in 1813. Journal of surgeon James Inderwick, edited from the original manuscript in the New York Public Library with an introduction and notes by Victor Hugo Paltsits.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1917 CE

#13144

Dr. Evans' How to keep well: A health book for the home.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918 CE

#1052

The newer knowledge of nutrition.

1918 CE

#8107

Air service medical manual.

The first U. S. work dedicated to the medical aspects of military pilot selection. According to the National Museum of Health and Medicine, this manual was written by William Holland Wilmer, then director of the Medic…

1918 CE

#8742

A list of books by some of the old masters of medicine and surgery together with books on the history of medicine and on medical biography in the possession of Lewis Stephen Pilcher with biographical and bibliographical notes and reproductions of some title pages and captions.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918 CE

#8821

American Negro slavery: A survey of the supply, employment and control of Negro labor as determined by the plantation régime.

Incudes information on health and medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1918 CE

#9597

Manual of medical research laboratory.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.