1910–1919

1909

#1375

Der rote Kern, die Haube und die Regio hypothalamica bei einigen Säugetieren und beim Menschen.

“Monakow’s bundle”, the rubrospinal tract.

1909

#1436

Gehirn und Sympathicus.

First experimental studies on hypothalmic function

1909

#245

Kreuzungsuntersuchungen an Hafer und Weizen.

The “multiple factor” theory advanced by Nilsson-Ehle brought under the Mendelian law cases which, by their extreme variability of inheritance, might be considered exceptions to it.

1910

#558

The outgrowth of the nerve fibre as a mode of protoplasmic movement.

Tissue culture was made possible by Harrison’s proof of the outgrowth of nerve-fibers from ganglion cells.

1910

#4478.106

Hygiene des Sports… Herausgegeben von Siegfried Weissbein. 2 vols.

The first comprehensive work on sports medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1910

#4595

The syndrome of sphenopalatine-ganglion neurosis.

“Sluder’s neuralgia” first described.

1910 –1925

#656

Handbuch der vergleichenden Physiologie. 4 vols.

Edited by Winterstein.

1910

#848

Ueber die Folgen der Durchschneidung der Tawaraschen Schenkel der Reizleitungssystems.

First experimental study of the electrocardiographic changes in bundle-branch block. "Later, as professor and director of the internal clinic at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, Eppinger became one of the most n…

1910

#4670

Experimental poliomyelitis in monkeys: Active immunization and passive serum protection.

Demonstration of antibodies in convalescent serum in monkeys.

1910

#4670.1

Anterior poliomyelitis. Methods of diagnosis from spinal fluid and blood in monkeys and in human beings.

Gay and Lucas were the first to make accurate cell counts of the spinal fluid in poliomyelitis.

1910

#4670.2

Action microbicide exercée sur la virus de la poliomyélite aiguë dans le sérum des sujets antérieurement atteints de paralysie infantile. Sa constatation dans le sérum d’un sujet qui a présenté une forme abortive.

Antibodies discovered in human convalescentserum. See also No. 4670.3.

1910

#4670.3

La poliomyélite experimental.

Serum from a monkey that had recovered from experimental poliomyelitis was mixed with an emulsion containing active polio virus; it failed to produce paralytic disease when injected into fresh monkeys.

1910

#1028

Studien über die spezifische Anpassung der Verdauungssäfte. III. Mittheilung.

Digital facsimile from ECHO at this link.

1910

#898

Ueber Vererbung gruppenspezifischer Strukturen des Blutes.

Proof that blood groups are inherited according to Mendelian laws.

1910

#899

The preparation and properties of thrombin, together with observations on antithrombin and prothrombin.

1910

#900

Studies on isoagglutinins and isohemolysins.

Moss showed that the blood of all individuals could be placed into one of four groups. His classification has been the one most commonly used until recently. The work was similar to that of Janský and completed before…

1910

#901

The variation in the sizes of red blood cells.

Price-Jones described a method for the direct measurement of red blood cells, which led to the term, “Price-Jones curve”. See also his book, Red blood cell diameters, London, 1933.

1910

#740

Die Theorie des Haftdrucks (Oberflächendrucks) und ihre Bedeutung für die Physiologie.

1910

#739

The oxidases and other oxygen-catalysts concerned in biological oxidations.

Hygienic Laboratory.- Bulletin No. 59. December, 1909. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1910

#1123

Innere Sekretion.

Biedl showed that the adrenal cortex is essential for life. His classic work shows the rapid development of the knowledge concerning endocrinology. In 1890 there were few publications dealing with internal secretion, …

1910

#1160

Experimental hypophysectomy.

First experimental evidence of the relationship between the pituitary and the reproductive system; demonstration that hypophysectomy causes genital atrophy.

1910

#1161

The functions of the pituitary body.

See No. 3896.

1910 –1912

#526

Manual of human embryology. Written by Charles R. Bardeen, Madison, Wis.; Herbert M. Evans, Baltimore, Md.; Walter Felix, Zurich; Otto Grosser, Prague; Franz Keibel, Freiburg i. Br.; Frederic T. Lewis, Boston, Mass.; Warren H. Lewis, Baltimore, Md.; J. Playfair McMurrich, Toronto; Franklin P. Mall, Baltimore, Md.; Charles S. Minot, Boston, Mass.; Felix Pinkus, Berlin; Florence R. Sabin, Baltimore, Md; George L. Streeter, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Julius Tandler, Vienna; Emil Zuckerkandl, Vienna. Edited by Franz Keibel and Franklin P. Mall. 2 vols.

The important studies on human embryos, originated by His, were carried on by his pupils, Keibel and Mall. This classic work written by American and German experts “has not yet been superseded” (D.S.B., late 20th cent…

1910

#1638

Stérilisation de grandes quantités d’eau par les rayons ultraviolets.

With A. Helbronner and M. de Recklinghausen.

1910

#134

Plant animals: A study in symbiosis.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1910

#2045

Chronicles of pharmacy. 2 vols.

From antiquity to time of writing, with chapters on pharmacy in mythology, in Shakespeare, in the Bible, and in popularmedicine.

1910

#1438

Tetanic convulsions in frogs produced by acid fuchsin, and their relation to the problem of inhibition in the central nervous system.

1910

#1898

Chemical structure and sympathomimetic action of amines.

Discovery of histamine in an ergot extract.

1910

#1899

The physiological action of β-iminoazolylethylamine.

Study of the effect of histamine.

1910

#1900

Die experimentelle Pharmakologie als Grundlage der Arzneibehandlung.

1910

#2267

Manual of tropical medicine.

Castellani made several discoveries of great importance in tropical medicine. The above work is a standard text on tropical medicine in English. Third edition, 1919.

1910

#2439

Histotechnik der leprösen Haut.

Unna was among the first to maintain that the lymphatics were involved in leprosy and that it was curable.

1910

#2600

The physiology of the immediate reaction of anaphylaxis in the guinea-pig.

First adequate account of the physiological reactions leading to fatal anaphylactic shock.

1910

#2600.1

Bronchial asthma as a phenomenon of anaphylaxis.

The work of Auer and Lewis (see No. 2600) led Meitzer to the conclusion that bronchial asthma was due to anaphylaxis, although he did not appreciate that not all cases of asthma were so caused.

1910

#2600.2

Physiological studies in anaphylaxis. I. The reaction of smooth muscle of the guinea-pig sensitized with horse serum.

Schultz-Dale test for anaphylaxis. See also No. 2600.5

1910

#2320

Pott’sche Krankheit an einer ägyptischen Mumie.

The fact that tuberculosis was present among the ancient Egyptians was proved when Elliot Smith and Ruffer described a genuine case of Pott’s disease in a mummy of 1000 B.C.E.

1910

#1766.502

Medical education in the United States and Canada.

This report caused massive reforms in North American medical education, including the closure or merging with stronger institutions, of 76 medical schools between 1910 and 1920. Part 1 is a history and analysis of med…

1910

#2636

Cultures de sarcome en dehors de l’organisme.

Using the Rous chicken sarcoma, Carrel and Burrows were the first to grow tumor tissue in vitro.

1910

#2637

A transmissible avian neoplasm (sarcoma of the common fowl).

Original description of the chicken sarcoma (Rous sarcoma). Rous demonstrated that sarcomatous tumors in hens could be transmitted to normal hens by the injection of cell-free filtrates (virus) of the original tumor. …

1910

#2403

Die experimentelle Chemotherapie der Spirillosen (Syphilis, Rückfallfieber, Hühnerspirillose, Frambösie).

After many experiments on the action of synthetic drugs upon spirochetal diseases, Ehrlich and Hata in 1909 discovered Arsphenamine (Salvarsan, "the arsenic that saves", also known as “606”), an effective treatment fo…

1910

#196

History of anthropology. With the help of A. Hingston Quiggin.

Revised edition, 1934.

1910

#2832

Zur Klinik des Elektrokardiogramms.

First clinical and pathological description of bundle-branch block.

1910

#2833

Auricular flutter and fibrillation.

Auricular flutter first described.

1910

#2834

The etiology of subacute infective endocarditis.

Libman and Celler found Strep. endocarditis to be the most common cause of subacute bacterial endocarditis.

1910

#2835

Zur kenntniss der Thrombose der Koronararterien des Herzens.

First complete description of coronary thrombosis, diagnosed before death and confirmed at necropsy. Reprinted in Klin. Med. (Mosk.), 1949, 27,No. 11, 15-25.

1910

#2836

Endocarditis lenta. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Artunterscheidung der pathogenen Streptokokken.

First to isolate Strep viridans in cases of bacterial endocarditis, Schottmüller named the condition Endocarditis lenta.

1910

#2566

Handbuch der experimentellen Serumtherapie.

1910

#1975

La thérapeutique en vingt médicaments.

Huchard and Fiessinger suggested that actual drug therapy should be limited to 20 medicaments.

1910

#2234

Vagotonie: klinische Studie.

English translation, 1915.

1910

#3133

Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia.

Identification of the sickle-cell type of anemia. Abstract "This case is reported because of the unusual blood findings, no duplicate of which I have ever seen described. Whether the blood picture represents merely a …