1920–1929
805 entries with publication dates in this decade.
1922
#11919
The etiology and epidemiology of influenza.
Digital facsimile from Harvard Library at this link.
1922
#12001
Early British botanists and their gardens, based on unpublished writings of Goodyer, Tradescant, and others
Most of this book concerns John Goodyer, his life, his garden, a detailed 40-page catalogue of Goodyer's library, Goodyer's list of plants, lists of plants grown in English gardens, etc. Digital facsimile from Google …
1922
#12406
History of medicine and surgery and physicians and surgeons of Chicago. Endorsed and published under the supervision of the council of the Chicago Medical Society.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1922
#12506
Bibliographiae stomatologicae.
An extensively annotated historical bibliography of dental bibliographies. Also published in Arthur D. Black, ed., Index of the periodical dental literature.... for 1916-1920 (Chicago, 1922) pp. xiv-liii. Digital facs…
1922
#12637
Die epidemische Encephalitis. (Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Neurologie und Psychiatrie. Bd. 30).
Felix Stern was the leading German specialist in encephalitis lethargica . No national statistics for this disease, first described in Vienna in 1916, were kept in Germany. For this reason, the data collected by Stern…
1922
#12656
Studies in the specific study of the bacteriology of dental cavities.
Rodríguez discovered that three types of the Lactobacillus species of bacteria, during the process of fermentation, are the causes of cavities. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1922
#12842
Regional anesthesia: Its technic and clinical application. With a foreward by William J. Mayo.
First work in English on regional anesthesia. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1922
#13884
Die Theologie und der ärztliche Stand.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1923 –2012
#16
Hippocrates [Works] with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones, E.T. Withington, and Paul Potter. 12 vols.
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Greek–English edition in the Loeb Classical Library.
1923
#794
Der Karotisdruckversuch.
1923
#962
The velocity with which carbon monoxide displaces oxygen from combination with haemoglobin.
1923
#963
The regulation of respiration.
Lumsden introduced the concept of subsidiary respiratory centers in the brain stem.
1923
#907
L’hématoblaste, troisiéme élement du sang.
Hayem first named the hematoblasts in 1877 (Mém. Soc. Biol. (Paris), 1877, 29, 97). His view, reiterated in 1923, was that they were the early stages of red blood cells and regenerated the blood.
1923
#1134
The acetonitril test for thyroid and of some alterations of metabolism.
The acetonitril test was introduced by Hunt in 1905 (J. biol. Chem., 1, 33) and later modified by him. It shows the activity of thyroid preparations to be proportional to their iodine content.
1923
#1135
An elementary chemical study of the parathyroid glands of cattle.
Hanson isolated the first really potent parathyroid extract.
1923 –1924
#1165
Further investigations on the oxytocic-pressor-diuretic principle of the infundibular portion of the pituitary gland.
1923
#1183
An ovarian hormone.
Isolation of the active principle of the ovarian hormone (oestrin). More detailed account in J. biol. Chem., 1924, 61, 711-23.
1923
#746
The possible significance of hexosephosphoric esters in ossification.
Records an important advance in the knowledge concerning the conversion of blood calcium into the insoluble calcium of bone.
1923
#1237.1
The mechanism of the elimination of phenolsulphonephthalein by the kidney–a proof of secretion by the convoluted tubules.
Proof of tubular secretion in mammals.
1923
#1641.2
Contraception (birth control). Its theory, history and practice. A manual for the medical and legal professions.
The first formal handbook on birth control.
1923
#138
The chemical basis of growth and senescence.
1923
#2117
Die Pfeilgifte, nach eigenen toxikologischen und ethnologischen Untersuchungen.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1923
#2252
Blood concentration changes in extensive superficial burns, and their significance for systemic treatment.
F. P. Underhill, G. L. Carrington, R. Kapsinow, and G. T. Pack made important studies on the blood concentration following burns.
1923
#2426
Beiträge zur Geschichte der Syphilis: insbesondere über ihren Ursprung und ihre Pathologie in Ostasien.
Gives, in an appendix, a list of writers on syphilis from 1495 to 1829. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.
1923
#2312.3
Paleopathology; an introduction to the study of ancient evidences of disease.
Surveys the ancient evidence of disease in plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, including man.
1923
#1767
On airs, waters, and places. IN: his [Works] with an English translation by W. H. S. Jones, 1, pp. 65-137
“The first book ever written on medical geography, climatology, and anthropology” (Garrison). The Latin translation of this text was first published in Rhazes’ Liber ad Almansorem, Milan, 1481. See No. 39.1. The stand…
1923
#2522
Manual of determinative bacteriology.
The Society of American Bacteriologists appointed in 1920 a Committee on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. Their reports were incorporated in the above Manual issued under the names of Bergey and…
1923 –1924
#2573.2
The soluble specific substance of pneumococcus.
Heidelberger, Avery, and their colleagues made a chemical study of the antigenic constituents of the pneumococcus, separating the polysaccharide antigens.
1923
#3087
Die Sternumtrepanation, ein einfache Methode zur diagnostischen Entnahme von Knochenmark bei Lebenden.
Bone marrow biopsy by sternal puncture.
1923
#3136.2
On the existence of more than four isoagglutinin groups in human blood.
First genetic study of sickling.
1923
#2897
Angina pectoris.
A classic description of angina by “the beloved physician”, one of the greatest of all cardiologists. Mackenzie considered the disease to be due to cardiac failure.
1923
#3609
Living sutures in the treatment of hernia.
Gallie and LeMesurier used fascial sutures in their operation for inguinal hernia.
1923
#3323
On the aetiology of the laryngeal papilloma.
In this classic paper Ullmann reported the transmission of the virus to animals.
1923
#3797
Greffes testiculaires
Voronoff first reported his controversial experimental rejuvenation by means of testicular transplants in 1919.
1923
#2916
Die Röntgenographische Darstellung der Arterien und Venen am lebenden Menschen.
Arteriography. First angiogram of a living patient.
1923
#4242
Ueber die Beseitigung giftiger Stoffe aus dem Blute durch Dialyse.
First description of the experimental use of peritoneal dialysis in uremia.
1923
#4243
Ueber Nierenveränderungen nach Verschüttung.
Crush syndrome.
1923
#3404
Some experiences in the surgery of otosclerosis.
Holmgren’s fenestration operation.
1923
#3969
The original method as used for the isolation of insulin in semipure form for the treatment of the first clinical cases.
Collip improved insulin.
1923
#3030.1
Cardiotomy and valvulotomy for mitral stenosis. Experimental observations and clinical notes concerning an operated case with recovery.
Successful section of mitral valve for relief of mitral stenosis.
1923
#3031
Ueber Erkennung und Behandlung der Umklammerung des Herzens durch schwielige Perikarditis.
First complete pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis.
1923
#4390
Nouvelle observation d’acrocéphalosyndactylie.
With Tixier, Hue, and Kermorgant.
1923
#4391
Orthopaedic surgery.
Jones was a pupil of Hugh Owen Thomas and a pioneer of active surgical intervention in orthopedics. He advocated tendon transplantation, bone grafting, and other reconstructive and restorative procedures. He did much …
1923
#4198.1
A new type of observation and operating cysto-urethroscope.
McCarthy foroblique pan-endoscope.
1923
#4199
Roentgenography of the urinary tract during excretion of sodium iodide.
First use of sodium iodide in uretero-pyelography. With C. G. Sutherland and A. J. Scholl.
1923
#4432
Recurrent or habitual dislocation of the shoulder-joint.
Blundell Bankart’s operation.
1923
#5288
Chimiothérapie des trypanosomiasis.
Introduction of moranyl (“Foumeau 309”).
1923
#5705
Physiologic effects of ethylene; a new gas anesthetic.
Introduction of ethylene.
1923
#5706
Isoamyl ethyl barbituric acid-an anesthetic without influence on blood sugar regulation.
Sodium amytal described.
1923
#4990
La médecine psychologique.
Janet’s summary of his work with hypnosis, including one of the most detailed histories of hypnosis available. English translation, as Psychological healing, 2 vols., 1925.