Facets

1978 CE

#2188.2

Naval and maritime medicine during the American revolution.

2002 CE

#8663

New Deal medicine: The rural health programs of the Farm Security Administration.

"Drawing on oral histories, archival records, and medical journals from the 1930s and 1940s, Grey finds the programs were both a rehearsal for more modern forms of medical organization and a lightning rod for critics …

1672 CE

#13878

New-Englands rarities discovered: In birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country. Together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores; also A perfect description of an Indian squa, in all her bravery, with a poem not improperly conferr'd upon her; lastly, a chronological table of the most remarkable passage in that country amongst the English.

Josselyn's books give some of the earliest and most complete information on New England flora and fauna in colonial times, and his outlook was later praised by Henry Thoreau, among others. Digital facsimile from Biodi…

1672 CE

#1826.1

New-Englands rarities discovered: in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country. Together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores…

The first detailed account of the natural history and botany of North America, including the first extensive study of native North American medicine.

2001 CE

#9932

No place like home: A history of nursing and home care in the United States.

1836 CE–1840 CE

#326.1

North American herpetology; or, a description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 4 vols.

The greatest American book on herpetology, and one of the finest American color plate books on natural history. The fourth volume is particularly rare. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link…

1999 CE

#13510

Not just any medical school: The science, practice, and teaching of medicine at the University of Michigan 1850-1941.

1863 CE

#7813

Notes and observations on army surgery.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1862 CE

#2166.1

Notes on arrow wounds.

The definitive work on American Indian arrow wounds suffered by U. S. troops and settlers in frontier warfare during the Western expansion of the United States. Bill eventually developed a "Forceps for the Extraction …

1785 CE

#11450

Notes on the State of Virginia; written in the year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him.

Jefferson wrote Notes on the State of Virginia in response to a series of questions sent in 1781 to various members of the Continental Congress by François Barbé-Marbois, then secretary to the French leg…

1858 CE

#9312

Notes on the surgery of the war in the Crimea, with remarks on the treatment of gunshot wounds.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Reprinted in Richmond, Virginia in 1862 during the American Civil War for the Confederate States Army by J. W. Randolph; digital facsimile of the Richmond edition from…

1841 CE

#10072

Notes on the United States of North America during a phrenological visit in 1838-9-40. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

2015 CE

#10917

Novel thogotovirus associated with febrile illness and death, United States, 2014.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Kosoy, Lambert, Hawkinson, Staples. Discovery of a new tick-borne Thogotovirus named by the authors "Bourbon virus" after Bourbon County, Kansas. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for th…

2017 CE

#11296

Object lessons and the formation of knowledge: University of Michigan museums, libraries and collections 1817-2017. Edited by Kerstin Barndt and Carla M. Sinopoli.

1763 CE

#10989

Observations on some of the diseases of the parts of the human body. Chiefly taken from the dissections of morbid bodies.

Clossy, an Irish physician, previously at Trinity College, Dublin, gave the first anatomy classes and dissections at King’s College in New York City (now Columbia) in 1763. Clossy worked closely with other King&…

1832 CE

#10812

Observations on the epidemic now prevailing in the city of New-York; called the Asiatic or spasmodic cholera; with advice to the planters of the South, for the medical treatment of their slaves.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1751 CE

#7677

Observations on the inhabitants, climate, soil, rivers, productions, animals, and other matter worthy of notice. Made by Mr. John Bartram, in his travels from Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego and the Lake Ontario, in Canada. To which is annex'd, a curious account of the cataracts at Niagara, by Mr. Peter Kalm....

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1826 CE

#11415

Observations on the May-Bug, and its ravages on plum and other trees, and also on the means of preventing the mischief.

Griffth was probably the first American woman to publish in the sciences outside of materia medica and childcare. This article was probably her earliest non-geological publication. See Robt S. Cox, "A spontaneous flow…

1851 CE

#12086

Observations on the medical topography and diseases (especially diarrhoea) of the Sacramento Valley, California, during the Years 1849, 1850.

Stillman was personal physician to Leland Stanford, the first governor of California, and was a partner of railroad magnate Mark Hopkins from their days on board a ship to California in 1849. Stillman was also co-foun…

1980 CE

#6311.7

Obstetrics and gynecology in America: A history.

1962 CE

#2137.02

Occupational health in America.

Written under the auspices of the Industrial Medical Association, this history emphasizes 20th century achievements.

1986 CE

#13784

Of birds and Texas.

Inspired by Audubon's double elephant folios, the first edition was limited to 500 sets and 25 artists' copies, signed by Scott Gentling and John Graves. Folio (28 x 22 inches). 40 chromolithographed plates of birds a…

1854 CE

#9116

On the construction, organization and general arrangements of hospitals for the insane.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1836 CE–1837 CE

#2123.1

On the influence of trades, professions, and occupations, in the United States in the production of disease.

The first American work devoted entirely to occupational diseases. Reprinted with introduction, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1943.

1854 CE

#10130

On the medicinal and toxicological properties of the cryptogamic plants of the United States.

Separate edition: New York: Baker, Godwin & Co, 1854. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1920 CE

#1712

On the rate of growth of the population of the United States since 1790 and its mathematical representation.

1900 CE

#10314

One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri: Historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions. Edited by Max A. Goldstein.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1979 CE

#7190

Only one man died. The medical aspects of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Appendix 1 contains a listing of the many medical books in the library of Thomas Jefferson.

2004 CE

#9836

OnView: Curated content from the Center for the History of Medicine's extraordinary collections. The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine: An alliance of the Boston Medical Library and Harvard Medical School.

http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/collection-tree Archives for Women in Medicine Avery, Mary Ellen papers, 1929-2002 (inclusive) Baumgartner, Leona papers, 1837-1993 (inclusive) 1930-1970 (bulk) Bibring, …

1882 CE

#9506

Opium-smoking in America and China: A study of its prevalence, and effects, immediate and remote, on the individual and the nation.

The author claims (p. 1) that "the first white man who smoked opium in America is said to have been a sporting character named Clendenyn. The second—induced to try it by the first—smoked in 1871." Digital …

1987 CE

#8601

Ordered to care: The dilemma of American nursing, 1850-1945.

1996 CE

#9427

Orthopaedic injuries of the Civil War: An atlas of orthopaedic injuries and treatments during the Civil War.

1990 CE

#10985

Osler's legacy: The department of medicine at Johns Hopkins 1889-1989.

1988 CE

#6956

Other healers: Unorthodox medicine in America. Edited by Norman Gevitz.

1895 CE

#9001

Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

2005 CE

#10931

Our shared legacy: Nursing education at Johns Hopkins, 1889–2006. Edited by Mame Warren in association with the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association.

1915 CE

#11753

Outline of common skin diseases including eruptive fevers. Also diet plans for children in use in the Department of Pediatrics, the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Gilchrist was the first professor to concentrate on dermatology at Johns Hopkins, joining the faculty in 1898. His guide to the common skin diseases, published for the use of medical students at Hopkins, was printed l…

1863 CE

#7738

Outlines of the chief camp diseases of the United States Army as observed during the present war.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1720 CE

#1828.2

Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; or the London dispensatory…

The first herbal printed in North America, and the first full-length medical book published in North America. From the 1653 London edition.

1820 CE

#1845

Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. 1820

The first official US pharmacopoeia. Spalding began campaigning for a national pharmacopeia in 1815. His efforts finally bore fruit in a national convention that met in 1820 and adopted a pharmacopeia based mainly on …

1778 CE

#1834

Pharmacopoeia simpliciorum et efficaciorum.

The first original pharmacopeia published in the USA. Reproduced in facsimile, with translation, in The Badger Pharmacist, 1938. No. 22-25.

1996 CE

#9426

Photographic atlas of Civil War injuries. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens. Otis Historical Archives.

1871 CE–1872 CE

#10585

Photographic review of medicine and surgery. A bi-monthly illustration of interesting cases, accompanied by notes. Edited by F.F. Maury [and] L.A. Duhring. Vols. 1 & 2 (All published).

The leading 19th century American publication of artistic medical photography. Each of the two volumes includes 24 mounted photographs. The photographs ilustrate cases of unusual and extreme disease, such as gross def…

1871 CE

#10483

Physical effects of compressed air, and of the causes of pathological symptoms produced on man, by increased atmospheric pressure employed for the sinking of piers, in the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.

Study of caisson disease and its treatement resulting from experience in treating workmen constructing the Eads Bridge, which opened in 1874. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1817 CE

#10519

Physical observations, and medical tracts and researches, on the topography and diseases of Louisiana.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

1849 CE

#10110

Physician and patient; or, a practical view of the mutual duties, relations and interests of the medical profession and the community.

"During this era of rampant sectarianism in medicine, doctors frequently became dishonest or abusive as they competed for patients. To deal with this situation, the American Medical Association adopted [in 1847] a cod…

1976 CE

#8658

Physician signers of the Declaration of Independence.

1896 CE

#6719

Physicians and surgeons of America. (Illustrated.) A collection of biographical sketches of the regular medical profession.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1961 CE

#10370

Physicians to the Presidents, and their patients: A Biobibliography.

Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1952 CE

#7175

Physics and medicine of the upper atmosphere. A study of the aeropause, edited by Clayton S. White and Otis O. Benson, Jr. Foreward by Harry G. Armstrong.

Proceedings of the first symposium on high altitude physics and medicine sponsored in the U.S. after World War II, summarizing research done in the nascent U.S. space program based on the V2 rocket, the WAC Corporal r…