1940–1949

1945

#3869

A tentative test for pheochromocytoma.

The Roth–Kvale histamine test for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma.

1945

#4011

Lupus vulgaris treated with calciferol.

Dowling and Prosser Thomas introduced calciferol in the treatment of lupus independently of Charpy (no. 4010) whose work was unknown to them owing to the wartime isolation of France.

1945

#4276.1

Bilateral adrenalectomy in prostatic cancer; clinical features and urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids and estrogen.

Adrenalectomy for carcinoma of the prostate.

1945

#4277

Retropubic prostatectomy. A new extravesical technique.

Retropubic prostatectomy.

1945

#3701

Die Zahnheilkunde im neunzehnten Jahrhundert.

1945

#5732

The history of surgical anesthesia.

Reprinted with corrections and additions, 1963. Reprint, 1978.

1945

#5015

The falling sickness: A history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginnings of modern neurology. Second edition.

Revised second edition. Baltimore, 1971.

1945

#5399

Cultivation of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in lungs of rodents. Preparation of a scrub-typhus vaccine.

Scrub-typhus vaccine.

1945

#5475.1

Production of immunity to dengue with virus modified by propagation in mice.

Successful propagation of dengue in mice and production of a vaccine.

1945

#6623

Poet physicians: An anthology of medical poetry written by physicians.

1945

#6233

Acute inversion of the uterus.

O’Sullivan’s method of replacement by intravaginal hydraulic pressure.

1945

#6476

Asclepius: A collection and interpretation of the testimonies. 2 vols.

1945

#6309

One hundred years of gynaecology, 1800-1900.

1945 –1951

#6780

Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700. 3 vols.

Supplements the Short title catalogue (No. 6771). This was superseded by the second edition, revised and enlarged, 3 vols., New York, Modern Language Association of America, 1972-88. In addition to countless works of …

1945

#6439

A history of medicine.

1945

#6581.1

Schweizer Aerzte als Forscher, Entdecker und Erfinder.

1945

#5260

Studies on synthetic antimalarial drugs.

F. H. S. Curd, D. G. Davey, and F. L. Rose synthesized proguanil (“paludrine”) and first tested it in avian malaria.

1945

#5261

Studies on synthetic antimalarial drugs. XIII. Results of a preliminary investigation of the therapeutic action of 4888 (paludrine) on acute attacks of benign tertian malaria.

First use of proguanil in human malaria. With B. G. Maegraith, J. D. King, R. H. Townsend, T. H. Davey, and R. E. Havard.

1945

#8057

Bibliography of the technical work of the Health Organisation of the League of Nations, 1920-1945.

1945

#9177

Anatomy for artists.

By the famous American social realist artist.

1945

#9891

On the use of matrices in certain population mathematics.

"... the Leslie matrix is a discrete, age-structured model of population growth that is very popular in population ecology.... The Leslie matrix (also called the Leslie model) is one of the most well known ways to des…

1945

#10653

Atrial septal defect: Study of hemodynamics by the technique of right heart catheterization.

The first description of the use of a cardiac catheter as a diagnostic tool, in this case a congenital heart defect. The authors worked in the laboratory of Eugene Stead, Jr. at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.

1945

#10893

Lewis's 1844-1944: A brief account of a century's work.

1945

#11353

Surgery of the brain.

Volume XII in Lewis' Practice of Surgery.

1945

#11687

Les tumeurs et les polypes du coeur: Étude anatomo-clinique.

A classical monograph on heart tumors with 1298 references on these relatively rare tumors.

1945

#12618

The herbal of Rufinus. Edited from the unique manuscript by Lynn Thorndike, assisted by Francis S. Benjamin, Jr.

First printed edition of an herbal written circa 1287 by Rufinus, a medieval monk / physician unknown before this edition. Rufinus was titular abbot in absentia of the monastery of Tyre, and plenipotentiary to the arc…

1945

#13061

Plantas medicinale aromaticas o venenosas de Cuba. 2 vols.

1945

#13801

The effect of smallpox on the destiny of the Amerindian.

1945 –1946

#14276

The chemical evolution of vision.

In this paper Wald identified structures for all the visual pigments and their peak absorption wavelengths. He detailed the function of the rods and cones and broke down visual photonic perception at the molecular lev…

1945

#14284

Acetylation of sulfanilamide by liver homogenates and extracts.

Discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism. This discovery illuminated “the process by which cells make available the energy to drive their manufacturing processes” (Judson, p. 245). In 19…

1946

#4726

Ueber Parpanit, einen neuen estrapyramidal-motorische Störungen beeinflussenden Stoff.

Introduction of caramiphen (“parpanit”) in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

1946

#4727

Le traitement de la maladie de Parkinson par le chlorhydrate de diéthylaminoéthyl-N-thiodiphénylamine (2987 R.P.). Premiers résultats.

Introduction of “diparcol” in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. With D. Boyet and G. Dumont.

1946

#1354.1

A specific sympathomimetic ergone in adrenergic nerve fibres (sympathin) and its relations to adrenaline and nor-adrenaline.

Noradrenaline shown to be the predominant transmitter of the effects of sympathetic nerve impulses. In 1970 Euler shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Katz and Axelrod "for their discoveries concernin…

1946

#751.3

A common factor in the enzymatic acetylation of sulfanilamide and of choline.

Lipmann shared the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of coenzyme A, an important catalytic substance involved in the cellular conversion of food into energy. He first described the discovery…

1946

#1667

The story of water supply.

1946

#2062

Die Injektion.

Deals exhaustively with the history of intravenous and intramuscular injection.

1946

#2351

Ueber eine neue, gegen Tuberkelbazillen in vitro wirksame Verbindungsklasse.

Introduction of thiosemicarbazone in treatment of tuberculosis. With R. Behnisch, F. Mietzsch, and H. Schmidt.

1946

#2359

Chemotherapy of tuberculosis. Researches during the past 100 years.

1946

#2659.5

The design of a proton linear accelerator.

Linear ion accelerator. In 1968 Alvarez received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possi…

1946

#2418.1

A microflocculation test for syphilis using cardiolipin antigen: preliminary report.

V. D. Research Laboratory test (Harris test). With A. A. Rosenberg and L. M. Riedel.

1946

#3045

Anastomosis of the aorta to a pulmonary artery. Certain types in congenital heart disease.

With S. Smith and S. Gibson.

1946

#3106

Leukaemia treated with urethane compared with deep x-ray therapy.

Urethane in treatment of leukemia. With A. Haddow, I. Ap Thomas, and J. M. Watkinson.

1946

#2237.01

The face in health and disease.

1946

#3241

Para-aminosalicylic acid in the treatment of tuberculosis.

p-Aminosalicylic acid used in pulmonary tuberculosis. See also his earlier paper in Svenska LäkT., 1946, 43, 2029-40.

1946

#214.1

Pretoria: The South African fossil ape-men. The Australopithecinae. Part I. The occurrence and general structure of the South African ape-men.

With this comprehensive report Broom presented his case to the scientific establishment that Australopithecus probably represented the stock from which mankind had evolved.

1946

#3151

The structure and synthesis of liver. L. casei factor.

Isolation, determination of structure, and final synthesis of folic acid.

1946

#3152

Observations on the effect of massive doses of iron given intravenously to patients with hypochromic anemia.

1946

#2578.5

Induced mutations in bacterial viruses.

Genetic recombination in bacteriophages. In 1969 Delbrück shared the Nobel Prize with A. D. Hershey and S. E. Luria "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses."

1946

#3709

The vitamins in medicine.

4th edition, 2 vols, 1980.

1946

#3788

The biological actions and therapeutic applications of the ß-chloroethyl amines and sulfides.

Introduction of nitrogen mustard in treatment of Hodgkin’s disease