1920–1929
805 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1922 –1939
#83
Œuvres de Pasteur, réunies par Pasteur Vallery-Radot. 7 vols.
One of the founders of bacteriology, Pasteur's work on fermentation, the doctrine of spontaneous generation (which he exploded), virus diseases and preventive vaccinations, was fundamental. Digital facsimile of the co…
1922 –1923
#1164
Evaluation of the hormone of the infundibulum of the pituitary gland in terms of histamine, with experiments on the action of repeated injections of the hormone on the blood pressure.
1922
#137
The biology of death.
Raymond Pearl did important work on the subject of vital statistics.
1922
#2047
An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis.
1922
#2048
The old English herbals.
Reprinted London, Minerva Press, 1972.
1922
#1713
The population problem: A study in human evolution.
1922
#1910.1
On a remarkable bacteriolytic element found in secretions and tissues.
Lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme that is a component of secretions such as tears and saliva. Digital facsimile from royalsocietypublishing.org at this link
1922
#2412
A simple quantative precipitation reaction for syphilis.
Kahn test.
1922
#2413
Studies in the standardization of the Wassermann reaction. XXX. A new complement-fixation test for syphilis based upon the results of studies in the standardization of technic.
Kolmer test.
1922
#3086
Gangräneszierende Prozesse und Defekt des Granulocytensystems.
“Schultz’s syndrome” – first description of agranulocytic angina. Schultz reported four cases of necrotic ulcerative infection of the throat with complete or almost complete disappearance of polymorphonuclears. To des…
1922
#212
The Rhodesian skull.
Description of the skull found at Broken Hill, Rhodesia, in 1921.
1922
#3136.1
Sickle-cell anemia.
Mason gave sickle-cell anemia its present name.
1922
#3545
Probleme und Technik der Gastroskopie, mit der Beschreibung eines neuen Gastroskops.
Schindler made gastroscopy a “method”. See also his paper in the Münch, med. Wschr., 1922, 69, 535-37.
1922
#3197.2
Klinische und experimentelle Beitrag zur krampflösenden Wirkung der Purinderivate.
Hirsch established the value of theophylline in the management of asthma.
1922
#2896
Paravertebrale Novokaininjektionen zur Differentialdiagnose intra-abdomineller Erkrankungen.
First paravertebral injection for the treatment of angina pectoris.
1922 –1924
#3798
Endocrinology and metabolism presented in their scientific and practical clinical aspects by ninety-eight contributors. 5 vols.
1922
#3871
Crises solaires et hypertension paroxystique en rapport avec une tumeur surrénale.
First full description of chromaffin cell tumors of the adrenal medulla. With J. Tinel and E. Doumer.
1922
#3966
The internal secretion of the pancreas. (Abstract).
A preliminary one-page communication regarding the isolation of insulin, made to a meeting of the American Physiological Society in December 1921. Digital facsimile from insulin.library.utoronto.ca at this link. In 19…
1922
#3968
Pancreatic extracts in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
The first clinical application of insulin in the treatment of diabetes. Co-authored by W. R. Campbell, and A. A. Fletcher. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
1922
#4272
A new method of perineal prostatectomy which insures more perfect functional results.
Geraghty’s modification of Young’s perineal prostatectomy.
1922
#3002
Traitement des varices par les injections phlébo-sclérosantes du salicylate de soude.
Introduction of sodium salicylate injections for the treatment of varicose veins. With J. Paraf and J. Lermoyez.
1922
#3690.1
A textbook of clinical periodontia. A study of the causes and pathology of periodontal disease and a consideration of Its treatment.
“The first authoritative book in the field” (Ring). Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1922 –1925
#3691
An investigation into the aetiology of dental caries. I: The nature of the destructive agent and the production of artificial caries. II" The biological characteristics and distribution of B. acidolphilus odontolyticus. III: Further experiments on the production of artificial caries. IV: Accessory factors in dental caries. (1) Reaction of the saliva (2) Acid resistance of teeth.(3) Bacteriotropic action of saliva.
Isolation of Lactobacillus odontolyticus I and II from carious teeth. Digital facsimile of part 1 from PubMedCentral at this link. Digital facsimile of part 4 from PubMedCentral at this link.
1922
#3691.1
The origin and evolution of the human dentition.
Reprinted with revisions and new index from J. dent. Res., 1920, 2, 89-175, 215-426, 604-717; 1921, 3, 87-228.
1922
#4150
A new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia; report of two cases in children.
“Stevens-Johnson syndrome”, a generalized eruption, continued fever, inflamed buccal mucosa, and severe purulent conjunctivitis. B.A. Thomas (Brit. med. J., 1950, 1, 1393) believes this to be merely a severe form of H…
1922
#5008
A glimpse into the history of the surgery of the brain.
Thomas Vicary Lecture. First published in Lancet, 1922, 1, 111-16, 165-72.
1922
#5782
Cancer of the breast and its treatment. 2nd ed.
Sampson Handley advanced the theory that in mammary cancer metastasis is due to extension along lymphatic vessels – “lymphatic permeation” – and not to dissemination byway of the blood stream. The book was first publi…
1922
#5369
Bibliography of hookworm disease.
Contains 5,680 references to all aspects of hookworm disease, prefaced by a short history. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1922
#5967
L’adaption compensatrice de l’oeil.
Introduction of the photometric spectacle lens.
1922
#5393
The etiology and pathology of typhus. Being the main report of the Typhus Research Commission of the League of Red Cross Societies to Poland.
The carefully controlled experiments of Wolbach, Todd, and Palfrey eliminated all doubt that R. prowazeki was the causal agent in typhus. Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1922
#5630.1
Removal of intrathoracic tumours by the trans-sternal route.
Dunhill’s operation for the removal of intrathoracic tumors.
1922
#6221.1
A pathognomonic sign of intra-uterine death.
“Spalding’s sign” of fetal death.
1922
#5255.2
A new malaria parasite of man.
Plasmodium ovale described.
1922
#6508
Arab medicine and surgery. A study of the healing art in Algeria.
Medicine, surgery and pharmacology as practiced among the nomadic Arabs in Algeria at time of writing.
1922
#6348.1
Premature and congenitally diseased infants.
“The first book ever written dealing solely with premature and congenitally diseased infants” (Cone). Hess founded the first premature infant center in the United States at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
1922
#6352
Die Geschichte der Kinderheilkunde.
1922
#6369
Geschwisterpaar mit adiposo-genitaler Dystrophie.
Laurence–Moon–Biedl syndrome (see also No. 6368). Biedl’s cases were more fully described by W. Raab, in Wien. Arch. inn. Med., 1924, 7, 443-530.
1922
#6581
Über Medizin und Krankenpflege im Mittelalter in Schweizerischen Landen.
1922
#6609.1
Wunder, Wundgeburt und Wundergestalt in Einblattdrucken des 15-18. Jahrhunderts.
History of teratology in art from 15th to 18th centuries.
1922 –1933
#57
Paracelsus: Sämtliche Werke…Herausg. von K. Sudhoff und W. Mathiessen. 14 vols.
Paracelsus was first to write on miners’ diseases, the first to establish the relationship between cretinism and endemic goitre and to note the geographic differences in diseases. Sudhoff was the author of what remain…
1922
#6863
Samuel Hahnemann, sein Leben und Schaffen. 2 vols.
A standard work on the development of homeopathy and the life of Hahnemann. Digital facsimile of the 1922 German edition from the Hathitrust at this link. The work was translated into English as Samuel Hahnemann, His …
1922 –1931
#7649
Das Leben des Menschen. Eine volkstümliche Anatomie, Biologie, Physiologie und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen. 5 vols.
By developing a new infographics style of illustration in which physiological processes and other technical medical and biological concepts were often depicted as, or compared to machines, Kahn made medical and biolog…
1922
#7832
Di un raro caso di osteite simmetrica ereditaria degli arti inferior.
"Camurati-Engelmann disease", a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic anomalies in the skeleton. It is a form of dysplasia. See No. 4395.1.
1922
#8712
South America from a surgeon's point of view.
Martin, "Director-General, American College of Surgeons," and Managing Editor, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, visited South American with William J. Mayo, who wrote the introduction. Digital facsimile from Google…
1922
#9249
Die Zauberkraft des Auges und das Berufen. Ein Kapitel der Geschichte der Aberglaubens.
1922
#9413
La maîtrise de soi-même par l'autosuggestion consciente.
English translation as Self-mastery through conscious autosuggestion, New York: Markan Publishing Co., 1922. Digital facsimile of the English translation from the Internet Archive at this link.
1922
#9933
History of American Red Cross nursing.
By six authors. Also authored by Sarah Elizabeth Pickett, and Anna R. van Meter. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1922
#9985
Die homerische Medizin. Eine medizin-kulturhistorische Skizze.
Medicine in Homer.
1922
#10819
Montaigne and medicine; being the essayist's comments on contemporary physic and physicians; his thoughts on many material matters relating to life and death; an account of his bodily ailments and peculiarities and of his travels in search of health.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1922
#11722
All about coffee.
Covers the historical, technical, scientific, commercial, social and artistic dimensions of coffee. Second edition, 1935. Digital facsimile of the 1922 edition from Google Books at this link.