North America

1871 CE

#1996.4

A practical treatise on the medical and surgical uses of electricity, including localized and general electrization.

Beard and Rockwell were the leading American electrotherapists of the 19th century. This is the most influential American treatise ever published on electrotherapy. It is of especial value today for its comprehensive …

1871 CE

#10483

Physical effects of compressed air, and of the causes of pathological symptoms produced on man, by increased atmospheric pressure employed for the sinking of piers, in the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.

Study of caisson disease and its treatement resulting from experience in treating workmen constructing the Eads Bridge, which opened in 1874. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1871 CE–1872 CE

#10585

Photographic review of medicine and surgery. A bi-monthly illustration of interesting cases, accompanied by notes. Edited by F.F. Maury [and] L.A. Duhring. Vols. 1 & 2 (All published).

The leading 19th century American publication of artistic medical photography. Each of the two volumes includes 24 mounted photographs. The photographs ilustrate cases of unusual and extreme disease, such as gross def…

1871 CE

#12899

Emergencies and how to treat them: The etiology, pathology, and treatment of the accidents, diseases, and cases of poisoning, which demand prompt action.

A “guide in the treatment of cases of emergency occurring in medical, surgical, or obstetrical practice” (p. 3), covering such topics as hemorrhage, burns, loss of consciousness, asphyxia, sunstroke, poiso…

1871 CE

#13211

HIT.

An enigmatically titled book of essays on women's rights by the American surgeon, abolitionist, prohibitionist, and prisoner of war, who remains the only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Medical cont…

1872 CE

#2250

Thermic fever, or sunstroke.

A study of the pathology of sunstroke. Wood held the chairs of botany, therapeutics, and neurology at the University of Pennsylvania.

1872 CE

#3280

Diseases of the throat: A guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, oesophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares.

First American textbook on oto-rhino-laryngology.

1872 CE

#8613

A history of the Massachusetts General Hospital. [Privately printed in 1851.] Second edition, with a continuation to 1872.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1872 CE

#9699

Earth as a topical application in surgery: Being a full exposition of Its use in all the cases requiring topical applications admitted in the men's and women's surgical wards of the Pennsylvania Hospital during a period of six Months in 1869.

Includes four "Photo-relief" (Woodburytype) plates. Possibly the only book on this subject. One may assume that the special earth contained some anti-bacterial mold such as penicillin. Digital facsimile from Google Bo…

1872 CE

#11326

History of medicine from the earliest ages to the commencement of the nineteenth century

In 1824 Dunglison was recuited to join the Medical Faculty of the new University of Virginia. There he became Thomas Jefferson's personal physician for two years until Jefferson's death. Dunglison was hired to teach m…

1872 CE

#11790

Key to North American birds containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary.

Coues continued to revise and expand this work, putting it through four editions during his lifetime. Digital facsimile of the 1872 edition from the Hathi Trust at this link. The Hathi Trust also makes available digit…

1872 CE

#11803

Corals and coral islands.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1872 CE

#13171

The detection of criminal abortion, and a study of foeticidal drugs.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1872 CE

#13212

Autumnal catarrh (Hay fever) with three maps.

Wyman conducted experiments that convinced him that ragweed was a cause of hay fever. He then collected data from correspondents and published the first pollen maps of the U.S. so that sufferers could plan vacations i…

1873 CE

#10482

The effects of high atmospheric pressure, including the caisson disease.

Classic study of caisson disease. Smith was "Late Surgeon to the New York Bridge Co. (Caisson Work)", treating workmen who built the Brooklyn Bridge. The Eads Bridge (St. Louis) and the Brooklyn Bridge (New York City)…

1873 CE

#10796

The medical department of the United States army from 1775 to 1873. Compiled under the direction of the Surgeon General by Harvey E. Brown.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1873 CE

#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…

1873 CE

#11388

Letter of Johns Hopkins to the trustees of "The Johns Hopkins Hospital".

The letter published in this 12-page pamphlet was dated March 10th, 1873. It outlined financier and philanthropist Johns Hopkins' planned bequest and general plans for the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hopkins died in Decem…

1873 CE

#11444

Cleave's Biographical cyclopaedia of homoeopathic physicians and surgeons.

The first biographical encyclopedia of American homeopathic physicians and surgeons. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1874 CE

#1972

A treatise on therapeutics.

Wood was a professor of botany (1866-76), therapeutics (1875-1907) and nervous diseases (1875-1901) in the University of Pennsylvania. In his book the effects of various drugs in small doses was first discussed; it al…

1874 CE

#6585

Contributions to the annals of medical progress and medical education in the United States before and during the War of Independence.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1874 CE–1879 CE

#6854

The encyclopedia of pure materia medica. A record of the positive of effects of drugs upon the healthy human organism. 10 vols.

With contributions by Richard Hughes of England; Constantine Hering of Philadelphia; Carroll Dunham of New York; Adolph Lippe of Philadelphia and others. This massive work is almost a complete record of all provings a…

1874 CE

#7479

Statistical atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870, with contributions from many eminent men of science and several departments of the government.

This oversized compendium of maps, graphs, statistical tables, and essays was the first comprehensive thematic atlas produced by any nation. It was hailed both at home and abroad for its innovative use of graphic elem…

1874 CE

#7848

The nature of gunshot wounds of the abdomen, and their treatment: Based on a review of the case of the late James Fisk, Jr., in its medico-legal aspects.

Peugnet argued that over-medication, and not the pistol shot, caused Fisk's death. Peugnet, a surgeon who had served in the American Civil War, died at the early age of 43, having been struck by a locomotive while abs…

1874 CE

#9643

Shadows from the walls of death: Facts and inferences prefacing a book of specimens of arsenical wall papers.

To drive home the dangers of arsenic in wallpaper Kedzie took the step of publishing one of the most unusual books ever issued: Shadows from the Walls of Death: Facts and Inferences Prefacing a Book of Specimens of Ar…

1874 CE

#10260

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1874 CE

#11789

Field ornithology. Comprising a manual of instruction for procuring, preparing and preserving birds and a check list of North American birds.

This work incorporated Coues' A check list of North American birds (1873). Coues had the check list portion of this work printed with the versos blank so that users could enter in their own information. Digital facsim…

1875 CE

#4553

On rest in the treatment of nervous disease.

First account of the “Weir Mitchell treatment”.

1875 CE

#6643.9

Science and health.

Includes an exposition of the system of faith healing that holds a significant place in Christian Science.

1875 CE

#7818

Statistics, medical and anthropological, of the Provost-Marshal-General's Bureau, derived from records of the examination for military service in the armies of the United States during the late War of the Rebellion, of over a million recruits.... 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1875 CE

#10652

Hospital plans. Five essays relating to the construction, organization & management of hospitals, contributed by their authors for the use of the Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore.

Essays influential on the planning and eventual operation of Johns Hopkins Hospital, which was innovative in its design and influential on the design of hospitals that followed. See Brieger, Gert, "The original plans …

1875 CE

#10829

Experimentation on animals, as a means of knowledge in physiology, pathology, and practical medicine.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1875 CE

#11307

Something about California: Being a description of its climate, health, wealth and resources, compressed into small compass: Marin County: Its industries, roads, appearance, health and population, also, a series of carefully written and well considered articles and paragraphs describing the sanatarium of San Rafael in which the mildness and equability of its climate are explained.

This 32-page pamphlet was probably the first separate publication concerning health matters in Marin County, California, my county of residence during the years in which I wrote this online bibliography-- J.M.N. Digit…

1876 CE

#4342.1

Lectures on orthopaedic surgery and diseases of the joints.

See Nos. 4344 & 4344.1.

1876 CE

#5754.1

Contributions to reparative surgery; showing its application to the treatment of deformities produced by destructive disease or injury; congenital defects from arrest or excess of development; and cicatrical contractions from burns.

First American work exclusively on reconstructive surgery.

1876 CE

#6191

Extra-uterine pregnancy.

Lawson Tait regarded this as the first authoritative work on the subject. Parry showed the necessity for operation in such cases and it was this book, more than anything else, which determined Tait (No. 6196) to do so.

1876 CE

#6761

History of American medical literature from 1776 to the present time.

1876 CE

#6586

A century of American medicine 1776-1876

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1876 CE

#10412

The people's medical advisor.

A graduate of the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Vaughn was a member of the New York State Senate (31st D.) in 1878 and 1879, and was elected as a Republican to the 46th United States Congress, holding office…

1876 CE

#10494

Catalogue of dental materials, furniture, instruments, etc.

White, who characterized himself as "Manufacturer, importer, and wholesale dealer in all articles appertaining to dentistry," was the leading U.S. manufacturer of dental supplies during the 19th century. His 1876 cata…

1876 CE

#10795

The southern side: Or, Andersonville Prison. Complied from official documents. Together with an examination of the Wirz Trial: A comparison of the mortality in Northern and Southern prisons; remarks on the exchange bureau, etc. An appendix, showing the number of prisoners that died at Andersonville, and the causes of death; classified lists of all that died in stockade and hospital, etc., etc.

Stevenson was chief surgeon at the Confederate States Military Prison Hospitals in Andersonville, Georgia. The appendix lists the causes of death of 12,912 men. "Andersonville Prison, established in Georgia early in 1…

1876 CE

#11261

Specimen fasciculus of a catalogue of the National Medical Library, under the direction of the Surgeon-General, United States Army at Washington, D. C.

This analystical subject-author catalogue was a 96-page preview of what became known four years later as the Index-Catalogue of the Library of Surgeon General's Office. Reflecting Billings' long term view of the insti…

1876 CE

#12089

Female health and hygiene on the Pacific Coast.

This was probably the first book on female health and hygiene published in California and intended for the residents of the state. The book was written for women rather than for medical professionals. Little is known …

1876 CE

#12891

A history of dental and oral science in America. Prepared under the direction of the American Academy of Dental Science.

The first history of dentistry in America written by James E. Dexter for the American Academy of Dental Science. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1876 CE

#13160

International Exhibition of 1876. Medical Department, U.S. Army. Photographs illustrating rare books in the National Medical Library. Philadelphia, 1876. 2 vols.

These two volumes include a series of original photographs of primarily the title pages of rare medical books in the National Medical Library pasted onto specially printed sheets with manuscript entries indicating the…

1876 CE

#14060

Explorations of the aboriginal remains of Tennessee.

The first major discussion of human skeletal pathology in American archeological samples. Jones introduced histopathological techniques in analysis of paleopathological material. Digital facsimile from Google Books at…

1877 CE

#4554

Fat and blood and how to make them.

Includes full account of Weir Mitchell’s rest cure for nervous disorders.

1877 CE

#8980

Early recollections and life of Dr. James Still.

Still's autobiography is probably the first biography or autobiography of an African American physician. "James Still, medical doctor and herbalist, was born on April 9, 1812 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Still wa…

1877 CE

#9160

Public hygiene in America: Being the centennial discourse delivered before the International Medical Congress, Philadelphia, September, 1876 by Henry I. Bowditch. With extracts from correspondence from the various states. Together with a digest of American sanitary law by Henry G. Pickering.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1877 CE

#9532

The mortality of surgical operations in the upper lake states, compared with that of other regions.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.