1950–1959

1953

#2660.4

Aryl-2-halogenoalkylamines. Part XII. Some carboxylic derivatives of NN-Di 2-chloroethylaniline.

Chlorambucil (a nitrogen mustard) used in the chemotherapy of cancer. With J. R. Roberts and W. J. C. Ross.

1953

#2660.5

Clinical studies on the carcinolytic action of triethylenephosphoramide.

TEPA. With five co-authors.

1953

#2660.6

The concentration of oxygen dissolved in tissues at the time of irradiation as a factor in radiotherapy.

The sensitivity of tumour cells to x rays shown to be much enhanced when irradiated in a well-oxygenated medium. With A. D. Conger, M. Ebert, S. Hornsey, and O. C. A. Scott.

1953

#3047.4

Successful resection of aneurysm of thoracic aorta and replacement by graft.

1953

#2526.2

Isolation of a cytopathogenic agent from human adenoids undergoing spontaneous degeneration in tissue culture.

Discovery of adenoviruses. With R. J. Huebner, L. K. Gilmore, R. H. Parrott, and T. G. Ward.

1953

#3108.3

Clinical evaluation of a new antimetabolite, 6-mercaptopurine, in treatment of leukemia and allied diseases.

Clinical introduction of 6-mercaptopurine in treatment of acute leukemia and chronic myelocytic leukemia. With nine co-authors.

1953

#3108.4

Myleran in chronic myeloid leukaemia: chemical constitution and biological action.

Introduction of myleran (busulphan). For results, see pp. 208-13.

1953

#3108.5

Treatment of leukemia with triethylenethiophosphoramide (Thio-TEPA); preliminary results in experimental and clinical leukemia.

With C. Zarafonetis, N. Smith, I. Woldow and D. C. H. Sun.

1953

#2578.11

‘Actively acquired tolerance’ of foreign cells.

Proof of Burnet and Fenner’s theory of immunity. For their discovery of acquired immunological tolerance Medawar and Burnet (No. 2578.7) shared the Nobel Prize in 1960.

1953

#2578.13

Méthode permettant l’étude conjugée des propriétés éléctrophorétiques et immunochimiques d’un mélange de protéines. Application au sérum sanguin.

Immunoelectrophoresis.

1953

#3215.3

Newborn virus pneumonitis (type Sendai). II. The isolation of a new virus possessing hemagglutinin activity.

M. Kuroya, N. Ishida, and T. Shiratori isolated the first recognized Sendai (para-influenza) virus.

1953

#2924.2

Catheter replacement of the needle in percutaneous angiography. A new technique.

Percutaneous arterial catheterization.

1953

#3908.1

Experience with hypophysectomy in man.

Demonstration of the beneficial effect of hypophysectomy in cancer of the breast and of the testis.

1953

#3412.5

Mobilization of the stapes to restore hearing in otosclerosis.

Transmeatal exposure of the middle ear.

1953

#4158

Classics in clinical dermatology. With biographical sketches.

Contains 143 classic descriptions of cutaneous diseases by 93 writers. Many portraits are also included.

1953

#5143

Conquest of plague. A study of the evolution of epidemiology.

1953

#4435.4

Fundamental aspects of fracture treatment. [In Japanese]

First electrically-induced osteogenesis. Yasuda demonstrated that small amounts of electric current applied to bone stimulated osteogenesis at the cathode. He was also the first to describe stress generated potentials…

1953

#5729.1

Anesthesia: XL. The anesthetic action of trifluoroethyl vinyl ether.

Fluroxene, first fluorine-containing anesthetic. With C. J. Carr, Go Lu and F. K. Bell.

1953

#5440.1

Serial propagation in vitro of agents producing inclusion bodies derived from varicella and herpes zoster.

Isolation of the varicella-herpes virus.

1953

#6623.01

The doctor and the devils.

The great lyric poet’s screenplay based on the notorious career of Robert Knox, the anatomist who purchased bodies for dissection from the resurrectionists/murderers, Burke and Hare. This was the first screenplay that…

1953

#6484

Observation et expérience chez les médecins de la Collection Hippocratique.

1953

#6495.5

Die tibetische Medizinphilosophie. Der Mensch als Mikrokosmos.

2nd edition, 1965.

1953

#6501

The Bible and modern medicine: A survey of health and healing in the Old and New Testaments.

1953

#6560.1

Az újabbkori magyar orvosi müvelödés és egészégügy története. I Kötet.

1953

#6357.59

The surgery of infancy and childhood.

Gross developed the specialty of pediatric surgery, inventing numerous operations. This was the first modern comprehensive textbook on the subject.

1953 –1959

#6450

A history of science. Vols. 1-2. (All published.)

1. Ancient science through the golden age of Greece. 2. Hellenistic science and culture in the last three centuries B.C.

1953 –1966

#6451

Index zur Geschichte der Medizin. Vols. 1-2.

Vol. 1 contains over 10,000 and vol. 2 over 7,000 references to books and papers. Vol. 1 edited by W. Artelt, vol. 2 edited by J. Steudel. Covers the years 1945-48 and 1949-52.

1953

#6603

Historiografia de la medicina colonial hispanoamericana.

1953

#6604.39

A short history of medicine in the Philippines during the Spanish regime.1565-1898.

1953

#256.2

The detection of chromosomal sex in hermaphrodites from a skin biopsy.

Sex chromatin demonstrated in humans.

1953

#256.3

Molecular structure of nucleic acids. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid.

Watson and Crick shared the Nobel Prize with M. H. F. Wilkins (No. 256.4) "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." L…

1953

#256.4

Helical structure of crystalline deoxypentose nucleic acid.

In 1962 Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Crick and Watson "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living…

1953

#6847

Molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate.

This paper reports Franklin's discovery of the existence of DNA in 2 forms, and conditions for readily and rapidly changing from one to the other. Its phosphates were on the outside.” (Maddox 195) The Watson-Crick mod…

1953

#7037

Sexual behavior in the human female

1953

#7138

Genetical implications of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid.

In this paper published on May 30, 1953 Watson and Crick proposed the method of replication of DNA. This discovery has been called as significant, or possibly even more significant, than their discovery of the double-…

1953

#7264

The Piltdown Forgery.

Fiftieth anniversary edition with a new introduction and afterward by Chris Stringer (Oxford University Press, 2003).

1953

#7301

The solution of the Piltdown problem.

Exposure of the Piltdown fraud. Weiner, Oakley and Le Gros Clark found ample evidence of forgery in the Piltdown remains, including the use of artificial abrasion and staining; they also applied fluorine and nitrogen …

1953

#7383

Production of amino acids under possible primitive earth conditions.

The Miller–Urey experiment or Miller experiment, a classic experiment investigating abiogenesis, simulated the conditions thought at the time to be present on the early Earth, and tested the chemical origin of life un…

1953

#7993

The Welch Medical Library indexing project.

A progress report on this pioneering information retrieval project. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1953

#9243

The book of plants [Kitâb al-nabât] of Abū Hanīfa ad-Dīnawari: Part of the alphabetical section (j-i). Edited and translated by Bernhard Lewin.

1953 –1959

#9245

La "Materia médica" de Dioscórides: Transmisión medieval y renacentista by César E. Dubler. Vol. I: La transmisión medieval y renacentista y la supervivencia en la medicina popular moderna de la "Materia médica" de Dioscórides, estudiada particularmente en España y África del Norte. Vol. 2: La versión árabe de la 'Materia Médica' de Dioscórides (texto, variantes e indices): estudio de la transcripción de los nombres griegos al árabe y comparación de las versiones griega, árabe y castellana. Vol. 3: La "Materia médica" de Dioscórides traducida y comentada por D. Andrés de Laguna (Texto crítico). Vol. 4: D. Andrés de Laguna y su época. Vol. 5: Glosario médico castellano del siglo XVI. Prólogo de Gregorio Marañón. Vol. 6: Indices generales y léxico especial de Andrés de Laguna.

1953 –1956

#9446

Official history of the Canadian Medical Services: 1939-1945. Vol. 1: Organization and campaigns. Vol. 2: Clinical subjects. Edited by W. R. Feasby. 2 vols.

Digital facsimiles from the Internet Archive at this link.

1953

#9505

A history of the Texas Medical Association 1853-1953.

1953 –1990

#10203

Ciba collection of medical illustrations. 8 vols. in 13.

"In all, Netter produced nearly 4,000 illustrations, which have been included in countless publications. In perspective, that number represents an image researched, sketched, and completely painted for every three bus…

1953

#10310

Tropical victory: An account of the influence of medicine on the history of Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1923.

1953

#10504

Pest in Venedig 1575-1577. Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Infektkette bei den Pestepidemien West-Europas.

Rodenwaldt studied of the course of plague in Venice from 1575-1577 and the measures taken to combat the epidemic, considering symptoms, transmitter, environment, climatic influences, and the success and failure of th…

1953

#10682

Dentistry in ancient India.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1953

#11075

Quantitative field studies on a carbon dioxide chemotropism of mosquitoes.

Reeves demonstrated that mosquitoes detect their prey by sensing the carbon dioxide that animals exhale. (It was later shown that some mosquitoes can detect their prey from more than 165 feet away.) (Thanks to Juan We…

1953

#11200

Michael Servetus, humanist and martyr. With a bibliography of his works

1953

#11203

A bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes