North America

1981 CE

#11269

The house of Appleton: The history of a publishing house and its relationship to the cultural, social, and political events that helped shape the destiny of New York City.

1981 CE

#11681

Dr. Martin Lister: A bibliography by Geoffrey Keynes, Kt.

1981 CE

#11740

Research and discovery in medicine: Contributions from Johns Hopkins.

Essays on the history of pioneering clinical research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

1981 CE

#11966

The garden of eden: The botanic garden and the re-creation of paradise.

In the 15th century people still hoped that the original garden of Eden might be rediscovered, but in the 16th and 17th centuries efforts turned to collecting plants and attempting to re-create the wonder of the garde…

1981 CE–1984 CE

#12918

Historia de la odontologia en Cuba. Vol. 1: La colonia (1492-1898) Vol. 2: Intervencion norteamericana (1899-1902) (1906-1909). Periodo republicano 1902-1909, 1909-1940. Vol. 3: Peridodo republicano (1940-1958) Vol. 4: Cuba comunista y en el exilio (1959-1983).

A remarkably comprehensive history of dentistry for a small country.

1981 CE

#13068

The mismeasure of man.

A critique of statistical methods and cultural motivations underlying biological determinism. "Gould argues that the primary assumption underlying biological determinism is that, “worth can be assigned to indivi…

1981 CE

#13583

Medicine and the Mormons: An introduction to the history of Latter-day Saint health care.

1981 CE

#13902

The family book about sexuality.

1982 CE

#1588.18

A bio-bibliography for the history of the biochemical sciences since 1800.

An index to bio-bibliographical articles listed alphabetically by scientist. Supplement published, Philadelphia, 1985.

1982 CE

#3979.1

The discovery of insulin.

1982 CE

#3910

A history of endocrinology.

A detailed illustrated history, tracing the development of knowledge from ancient times to the present. Includes biographical notes on the important pioneers in the field and chronological tables. Revised and updated …

1982 CE

#6623.4

Literature and medicine: an annotated bibliography. Revised edition.

Annotated bibliography of medical references in Western literature from the ancient world to time of writing. Emphasis is on summaries of the medical content. Editions cited are usually modern and always in English,

1982 CE

#6596.6

The social transformation of American medicine: The rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry.

1982 CE

#258.12

The growth of biological thought. Diversity, evolution, and inheritance.

An interpretive history of what Mayr calls “ultimate” explanations in biology, reflecting Mayr’s expertise in systematics, evolution, and genetics.

1982 CE

#7431

A history of the National Library of Medicine: The nation's treasury of medical knowledge.

Digital facsimile from the National Library of Medicine at this link; from the Internet Archive at this link. Chapter XX is "Evolution of Computerized Bibliographies."

1982 CE

#8737

Health science books, 1876-1982. 4 vols.

One of the last very large printed works of this type: "Over 132,000 English-language titles classified by some 28,000 Library of Congress subject headings. 'A unique feature ... is that, where possible, equivalent Na…

1982 CE

#9227

Dust off: Army aeromedical evacuation in Vietnam.

Digital text available from U.S. Army Medical Department Office of Medical History at this link.

1982 CE

#9365

The web that has no weaver: Understanding Chinese medicine.

1982 CE

#9775

Dark paradise: Opiate addiction in America before 1940.

Enlarged edition retitled: Dark paradise: A history of opiate addiction in America (2002).

1982 CE

#10046

Splicing life: A report on the social and ethical issues of genetic engineering with human beings.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1982 CE

#10254

Space physiology and medicine. Edited by Arnauld E. Nicogossian and James F. Parker, Jr.

1982 CE

#10403

The history of medicine in Alabama.

1982 CE

#10816

The physician in literature, edited by Norman Cousins.

Sections are devoted to research and serendipity, the role of the physician, quacks and clowns, clinical descriptions in literature, doctors and students, the practice, women and healing, madness, dying, and the patie…

1982 CE

#11037

Origins of clinical chemistry: The evolution of protein analysis.

1982 CE

#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.

1982 CE

#11328

Literature and medicine, vol. 1- . Edited by Anne Hudson Jones.

"Founded in 1982, Literature and Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarship that explores representational and cultural practices concerning health care and the body. Areas of interest include disease,…

1982 CE–2012 CE

#12213

Women scientists in America. 3 vols. Vol. 1: Struggles and strategies to 1940. Vol. 2: Before affirmative action, 1940-1972. Vol. 3: Forging a new world since 1972.

1982 CE

#12244

Doppler ultrasound in cardiology: Physical principles and clinical applications.

1982 CE

#12368

Congenital heart disease: Benchmark papers in human physiology.

1982 CE

#12492

The healthiest city: Milwaukee and the politics of health reform.

1982 CE

#13614

Health/medicine and the faith traditions: An inquiry into religion and medicine. Edited by Martin E. Marty and Kenneth L. Vaux.

1983 CE–1988 CE

#1588.19

A history of neurophysiology in the 17th and 18th centuries. From concept to experiment. A history of neurophysiology in the 19th century. 2 vols.

1983 CE

#214.91

The establishment of human antiquity.

The most complete historical treatment of the pre-1900 literature.

1983 CE

#5813.13

Surgery in America. From the colonial era to the twentieth century. Second edition.

Well-chosen readings from original published sources, with informative commentary.

1983 CE

#5436.2

Princes and peasants: Smallpox in history.

Reissued in 2002 with a new introduction as The greatest killer: Smallpox in history.

1983 CE

#6623.5

Medical case book of Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle.

The first complete book on the medical aspects of the Sherlock Holmes stories as well as the non-fiction writings of Conan Doyle.

1983 CE

#272

History of staining by Harold J. Cohn. 3rd edition by George C. Lusk and Frederick H.Kasten.

1983 CE

#8082

Educating black doctors: A history of Meharry Medical College.

1983 CE

#8146

The visual display of quantitative information.

1983 CE

#8612

Catalogue of the Maurice M. and Jean H. Tinterow collection of works on mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnotism.

1983 CE

#8670

A catalogue of the manuscripts and archives of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Edited by Rudolf Hirsch.

1983 CE

#9156

Mental illness and American society, 1875-1940.

1983 CE

#9219

The demands of humanity: Army medical disaster relief.

Digital facsimile from history.army.mil at this link.

1983 CE

#10217

Disease change and the role of medicine: The Navajo experience.

1983 CE

#10407

Changes in the land: Indians, colonists and the ecology of New England.

"In this work, Cronon demonstrated the impact on the land of the widely disparate conceptions of ownership held by Native Americans and English colonists. English law objectified land, making it an object of which the…

1983 CE

#10472

Challenging man-made disease.

Hardy's "studies on beryllium began in 1945 when she started working for the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Medicine. She studied factories that produced fluorescent bulbs in Lynn, Salem, and Ipswich, Massachu…

1983 CE–1998 CE

#10797

Pictorial encyclopedia of Civil War medical instruments and equipment. 3 vols.

1983 CE

#11091

Disease in ancient man: A report of an international symposium on disease in ancient man. Edited by Gerald D. Hart.

1983 CE

#11531

Exploring the heart: Discoveries in heart disease and high blood pressure.

1983 CE

#11814

U.S. cancer mortality rates and trends, 1950-1979. 4 vols.

Riggan supervised this long-term project of calculating and publishing cancer mortality rates and trends for every county in the United States over several decades. The last 30 of the 40 years of the underlying data b…