1940–1949

1942

#255

Evolution: The modern synthesis.

The work which defined the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology of the early 20th century.

1942

#255.1

Systematics and the origin of species.

One of the canonical publications of the modern evolutionary synthesis. Mayr discussed the different ways different investigators identify species, and he characterized these different approaches as different species …

1942

#7400

Contact lenses.

The first book on contact lenses, recording attempts over the previous hundred years to fit a lens in direct contact with the eye. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1942

#8946

Catálogo das obras da colecção portuguesa anteriores a fundação das Regias Escolas de Cirurgia (1825). 2 vols.

(Thanks to Richard Ramer for this reference.)

1942

#9217

Ornithologists of the United States Army Medical Corps, thirty-six biographies.

1942

#9284

A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs.

In this publication Delaware refers to the name of the Native American people known as Lenape, or Leni Lenape, or Delaware people, rather than the U.S. state. In terms of geographical scope, the book covers traditiona…

1942

#9824

The United States Exploring Expedition and its publications, 1844–1874: A bibliography

Reprinted with additions and corrections from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library of February 1940 and January, July and October 1941.

1942 –1943

#12088

A doctor comes to California: The diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847. Edited by George Walcott Ames, Jr.

"In 1840, Griffin was appointed assistant surgeon in the Army and served under General William J. Worth in Florida and, with the rank of captain, on the Southwest frontier at Fort Gibson, Griffin came to California fo…

1942

#12108

Influenza: A survey of the last fifty years in the light of modern work on the virus of epidemic influenza.

1942

#12392

Of time and the physician. The autobiography of Lewellys F. Barker.

Barker succeeded William Osler as physician-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His autobiography provides insight into a keyt period in the history of Johns Hopkins. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this…

1942

#13316

The epigenotype.

Waddington coined the term epigenetics: "For the purpose of a study of inheritance, the relation between phenotypes and genotypes [...] is, from a wider biological point of view, of crucial importance, since it is the…

1942

#13615

Social insurance and allied services.

Beveridge's "... report to Parliament on Social Insurance and Allied Services was published in November 1942. It proposed that all people of working age should pay a weekly national insurance contribution. In return, …

1942

#14004

The identification and characterization of bacteriophages with the electron microscope.

First identification, observation under the electron microscope, and reproduction of photomicrographs of bacteriophages taken through the electron microscope. Digital facsimile, but with poor reproductions of the two …

1942

#14239

On the utilization of acetic acid for cholesterol formation.

See also, Rittenberg & Bloch, "The Utilization of Acetic Acid for the Synthesis of Fatty Acids," J. Biol. Chem. 160, 1945, 417-424. Bloch, "The Biological Conversion of Cholesterol to Pregnanediol," J. Biol. Chem. 157…

1942

#14282

Purification of penicillin.

Abraham and Chain first announced the purification of penicillin, a critical step before production of the drug could begin, in a two paragraph paper published on a single page of Nature on March 21, 1942. The method,…

1943

#567

The discovery of the uses of colouring agents in biological microtechnique.

1943

#1088

Synthetic biotin.

Synthesis of biotin. With D. E. Wolf, R. Mozingo, and K. Folkers.

1943

#1089

Zur Kenntnis des β-Biotins. 34. Mitteilung über pflanzliche Wachstumstoffe.

Isolation of α-biotin.

1943

#1040

Radioactive iron absorption by gastro-intestinal tract. Influence of anemia, anoxia, and antecedent feeding distribution in growing dogs.

An important contribution to the knowledge of iron absorption. With W. F. Bale, J. F. Ross, W. M. Balfour, and G. H. Whipple.

1943

#1040.1

Pancreozymin, a stimulant of the secretion of pancreatic enzymes in extracts of the small intestine.

1943

#1041

Human gastric function. An experimental study of a man and his stomach.

Important experiments on gastric function, made on “Tom”, a man who had a gastric fistula from the age of 9. Second edition in 1947.

1943

#1174

Adrenocorticotropic hormone.

Choh Hao Li and colleagues Isolated pure adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from sheep pituitary glands.

1943

#1175

Preparation and properties of pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone.

Isolation of ACTH from swine pituitaries.

1943

#2027.1

Advantages of a disodium-citrate-glucose mixture as a blood preservative.

This work made possible the storage of whole blood for up to three weeks.

1943

#1665

Cleanliness and godliness.

A history of sewage disposal, the privy, and related matters.

1943

#1666

The conquest of epidemic diseases. A chapter in the history of ideas.

Reprinted 1980.

1943

#2136

The history of miners’ diseases. A medical and social interpretation.

1943

#1928.1

Partialsynthese von Alkaloiden vom Typus des Ergobasins.

Synthesis of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

1943

#1934.2

Penicillamine, a characteristic degradation product of penicillin.

With W. Baker.

1943

#2441

The promin treatment of leprosy. A progress report.

Promin (sodium glucosulphone) introduced in the treatment of leprosy. With R. C. Pogge, F. A. Johansen, J. F. Dinan, B. M. Prejean, and C. G. Eccles.

1943

#2418

Penicillin treatment of early syphilis. A preliminary report.

Mahoney and colleagues introduced penicillin in treatment of syphilis. This was the report of the first four cases of patients with early stages of the disease. Digital facsimile of the version published in the the Am…

1943

#3557

Supra-diaphragmatic section of the vagus nerves in treatment of duodenal ulcer.

Vagotomy for peptic ulcer.

1943

#2578.4

The fate of skin homografts in man.

Gibson and Medawar placed the laws of transplantation on a firm scientific basis. A later paper by Medawar (J. Anat. [Lond.], 1944, 78, 176- 99) demonstrated that the mechanism of rejection of transplanted tissues is …

1943

#3854

Treatment of hyperthyroidism with thiourea and thiouracil.

Astwood was the first to treat human cases of hyperthyroidism with thiourea and thiouracil.

1943

#4010

Technique de traitement du lupus tuberculeux.

Introduction of calciferol in the treatment of lupus. A more extensive report, “Le traitement des tuberculoses cutanées par la vitamine D2 à hautes doses”, appeared in the same journal, 1946, 8 sér., 6, 310-46.

1943

#4911

Three types of nerve injury.

Seddon’s classification of nerve injuries.

1943

#4912

Plasma clot and silk suture of nerves. 1. An experimental study of comparative tissue reaction.

Plasma clot nerve suture. Preliminary communication in Science, 1942, 95, 258.

1943

#5509

Congenital defects in infants following infectious diseases during pregnancy.

Figures demonstrating that rubella in the first or second month of pregnancy always results in an abnormal infant. With A. L. Tostevin, B. Moore, H. Mayo, and G. H. B. Black.

1943

#5765

Skin grafting. A new method based on the principles of tissue culture.

First use of fibrin glue for skin grafting. See also Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 1943, 77, 510-13.

1943

#5768.1

Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.

Most of this work is a very carefully documented history of the subject. Bibliography of 451 references.

1943

#5812

History of surgery

1943

#5990

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. I. Isolation and identification of a filterable virus.

1943

#6636

History of nursing.

Second edition, History and trends of professional nursing, 1950.

1943

#5214.1

Use of penicillin in sulfonamide resistant gonorrheal infections.

With E. N. Cook and L. Thompson.

1943

#6305

The genealogy of gynaecology. History of the development of gynaecology throughout the ages 2000 B.C.-A.D. 1800.

Second edition, 1950.

1943

#6544

The state of medicine in Ireland. Carmichael prize essay.

1943

#6357

Pioneers of pediatrics. 2nd ed.

1943

#6357.58

Congenital atresia of the esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula. Extrapleural ligation of fistula and end-to-end anastomosis of esophageal segments.

Ablation of the tracheo-oesophageal fistula and primary end-to-end oesophageal anastomosis, first achieved in 1941.

1943

#6779

The Harvey Cushing collection of books and manuscripts.

Catalogue, without annotations, of the books and manuscripts bequeathed by Cushing to the Historical Library in the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library at Yale University School of Medicine. Much like Osler, Cushing colle…

1943

#6437

British medicine and the Vienna School: contacts and parallels.